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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Murungi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Energy",
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "The time has come for us to fundamentally think about our institutions of governance, so that they are more inclusive. We have to have ethnic justice. We have to have regional justice, not only in terms of distribution of power but also in distribution of resources. That way, we are going to ensure that there is lasting peace and security in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know we are very fond of prayers. I encourage every Kenyan to continue praying. However, until we address these fundamental issues, it does not matter how many hours we spend in the mosques or at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) praying for the nation, because Kenyans will fight tomorrow. I think the time has come for us to fundamentally look at ourselves. Let us not be trapped in the past! We say Mzee ole Ntimama was this and that, Kiraitu Murungi was this and that. Forget all that! Let us start from today to build tomorrow. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question of poverty among the youth is very important. If you look at the people who were involved in this struggle, it is the youth. They have nothing to lose. The time has come for us to take poverty among the youth much more seriously. Otherwise, we are going to be clapping and congratulating ourselves here, yet we will be over- thrown through a violent revolution. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the time has come for us not to merely speak and congratulate each other, but to come up with concrete programmes for addressing both tribalism and issues of poverty among the youth. That is why I am very happy that for the first time we are going to enact a law called \"the Ethnic Relations Act\". We are going to have a commission to ensure that resources are adequately distributed across all the communities, and that people who are going to incite ethnic hatred against each other will face the full consequences of the law. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, Kenyans out there think of hon. Members of Parliament as a very selfish lot; people who have come here to earn big salaries, drive big cars and eat in big hotels. Right now, they are looking at us to see how we are going to the internally displaced persons (IDPs); the people who are living in tents in Nakuru and other places. Even as we share power among ourselves and think about fundamental issues in this country, let us give priority to the IDPs. Let these people return home. Let them have something to eat and somewhere to sleep as we address the other bigger issues in the nation. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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