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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to congratulate Mr. Jeremiah Kioni, hon. Member for Ndaragwa for bringing this Motion before the House. It is an important Motion. I would like to say straight away that I support it, because I have been a victim. I would like to give a historical background to some of the issues involved in this Motion. I plead with my colleagues that we should not be narrow about this. The issue must be looked at with some historical perspectives. I remember that I came to this House in 1988, and at the time there was nothing like what we see today. The whole thing taken on from the early 1990s when we had the tribal clashes in this country. The tribal clashes that we had, and continue having, were caused mainly by political leaders. These are some of the reasons that we are going to address through this Select Committee. There is also the participation of political leaders in the tribal clashes. It is not unknown to us that some of these organized groups have been funded by political leaders. Some of the political leaders have been in the Government, but mostly in politics. So, as you address this issue, that should be properly covered. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I said that I am a victim. I just want to draw the attention of the House to what has been happening in my area. In 1991 and 1992, we lost so many people in Trans Nzoia. In my own constituency of Kwanza, we lost 110 people. That was just before the election of 1992. We lost people because there was an organized group of young people, who were trained to cause mayhem and burn houses. The reasons for this were purely political. One of the underlying issues was land. This Committee must address the issue of land, corruption and Government departments charged with providing security not doing their job properly."
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