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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiuna",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Molo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nganga Kiuna",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my names are hon. Joseph Kiuna Ng'ang'a from Molo Constituency. I wish to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the President and hon. Raila for, at least, seeing what the country was facing. Above all, I think I blame the former hon. Members of this House for putting us in this crisis. If they were really honourable, they would have foreseen the problem the country was about to face. They could have then tried to save our nation. However, we are now crying over spilt milk. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I support this Motion, I would request the hon. Members who are here, that from today henceforth, whenever we speak, let us ask ourselves: \"What legacy are we going to leave behind? Is it a legacy of destruction or a legacy where we shall be remembered by our children for building the nation?\" We are all mourning and that is why we 172 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 13, 2008 are here, but, I, Mr. Ng'ang'a from Molo Constituency, do not have anything to celebrate about because the whole world knows that Molo has been a battlefield. All along since 1992, we have been having these tribal clashes. As we support this Motion I would request hon. Members to ask themselves whether the people who lost their lives and those who lost property will be compensated. Although the Government is saying that it is going to compensate them, I have a feeling that there are some people who will dare not go back where they were before. They were traumatised and they will not dare go back again. As we support this Motion. I would like to request hon. Members, and the Government at large, to find a lasting solution to the clashes, and resettle those people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a feeling that Molo people want a lasting solution. They want peace. They have suffered a lot! They have never had any peace. As we speak now, my people are still fighting each other. I would like to request that, as we move forward, we strive to get to the root cause of those clashes and the instigators. I know that the Government has the right machinery and it can apprehend them. Let it be known world-wide that A, B, C and D are the instigators of that crisis. It will be pointless to come here as a Member of Parliament and yet, I am the one who instigated the clashes and got away scot free. Even the security personnel are partisan. That is because last Monday, I was in my constituency. I saw with my own eyes some policemen just watching as houses were being burnt and crops destroyed. Instead of arresting those"
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