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    "id": 190818,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/190818/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
        "slug": "patrick-olweny"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to make a few comments in support of the Bill. In the first paragraph of the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons of this Bill, the last two sentences read:- \"The Bill is borne of the realization that lasting peace and co-existence cannot prevail in Kenya unless the various Kenyan communities cultivate goodwill among each other and have equal access to various opportunities that may arise without discrimination grounded on ethnicity. It recognizes the need to deal effectively with the negative aspects of tribalism and ethnicity which has pervaded various levels of the Kenyan society\". That is discrimination. That is what this Bill is all about. That is what has failed us in this country over the years and decades through history. If we have to go back into history and look at the way discrimination in this country started, it takes us back to the colonial days. I think that is where it all started. Various communities were living in this country before the colonialists came. We also had our small discrimination here and there within communities and among communities. But the bad one came with the colonialists. That is when a government of the British was established in this country. Then, the other Governments after Independence followed suit. That is the Government of Jomo Kenyatta, Moi and even the one that is there today! You have seen what it led us into. I do not think what we had in this country was the first time we had a crisis! There has been fighting among Kenyans that is ethnic-based. If you go back to the early 1960s, just before we got our Independence, this country had a similar experience. If you read the history books of this country relating to leadership and politics, you will find it in those books. Sometimes, during Jomo Kenyatta's time, we had those problems. Worse ones were yet to be experienced during the Moi regime and, of course, the worst came early this year. That is because of one tribe discriminating against the others. I think we learnt that from the British because when they were ruling this country---"
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