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    "id": 190823,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those are semantics! Let us face the reality of what is happening in this country. That is what we are here for. That is what this Bill is all about! Let us read the history books of this country. What did the Tanzanian leaders do in their country that we did not do? Where did we fail? Tanzanians also had colonial rulers. The same British Government that was in Tanzania was in this country. Where did we fail as a country that we have discrimination taking root in this country? Any way, discrimination seems to be human. Let us go to the western countries. I think Germany had the worst discrimination during the last century; during the First and Second World Wars. They were terrible! But they got over it. They have recovered from that. What did they do that countries like Kenya have failed to do? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a few minutes ago, hon. Mungatana dwelled on the example of Britain, which also had its fair share of discrimination amongst the various communities living there. Maybe, they still have a small aspect of it here and there; one or two people here or there discriminating against others. But the worst one is gone! In the United States of America (USA), where the Afro-Americans and Red Indians were really trampled on throughout the years, what did they do to sort out their problems? You know, I was in the USA in the early 1980s. There were certain positions of responsibility which women could not hold. But they have overcome that discrimination. There was a gentleman in the USA who was vying for the presidency and had a woman as a running mate. The women, themselves, came out and said: \"The time has not yet come for USA to be ruled by a woman\". That was discrimination against a woman! That is gender-based discrimination. Around that time is when Rev. Jesse Jackson also tried his luck. He could not move an inch just because of discrimination. But it seems that, over time, a bit has changed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have come up with this Bill. I have heard a few of us criticizing it and some of us supporting it. I support it because there must be a starting point! Let this be our starting point. We can panel-beat it and, with time, we can improve it. After all, how many of our Acts have been amended? We can pass it today and, the following day, it is amended. Let this be our starting point so that we can control the extent to which we discriminate against one another. One community discriminating against another one or an individual discriminating against another one. In this country, there are certain communities which consider themselves \"super communities\". Within a tribe, you may find a small clan there and another one there, and one of them considers itself a \"super clan\". That is still discrimination among clans. It is still ethnicity! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, certain tribes consider themselves to be super tribes of this country. I am one of those who are not circumcised. Someone thinks that if he is circumcised, then he has got some better blood, super blood flowing in his veins. After all, you are disadvantaged because you have removed a piece of your skin!"
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