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    "id": 254146,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Marende",
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Otiato Marende",
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    "content": "With great respect, the hon. Member did not follow me. I said \"for instance\". I also said that this applies to all Ministries regardless of who heads them. There is a tendency that where the head is from a given tribe, the other senior persons in those Ministries tend to come from those tribes. We even saw it recently when we had replacements of managing directors. We tended to see a situation where the person appointed to replace the one who previously served, came from the tribe of the Minister who was heading that Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just saying that if we did not learn our lesson from the referendum that took place on 21st November, 2005, then we shall never learn that, no one tribe in this country can lord over the rest. We must learn so that we correct mistakes that other countries have made. We do not want to go the way of Somalia or Rwanda. The way to avoid this is to speak candidly about these matters as, indeed, His Excellency the President has shown concern. Other leaders must follow in the concern of His Excellency the President. That is how we will save this country for the good of all of us. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am encouraged that from the utterances of His Excellency the President, we are concerned about---"
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