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    "id": 255811,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to support the Motion that is before the House. Indeed, the President expounded on the Government's policies and the direction that we should take. I also agree with those who have said that it is high time we placed the country ahead of our political differences and competition. However, let us lead by example; let us not preach water and drink wine. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to tribalism, during the referendum debate, leaders were electronically recorded by the media preaching ethnic hatred. We can get 1001 references by some of our prominent leaders here demonising other communities. It is high time we agreed to rise above that. Standing and claiming not to be a tribalist will not make you a good person if, on record, you have been demonising others. After the referendum results were announced, some of the leaders were captured on television calling other communities enemies. That is most unfortunate. We are all Kenyans and we each have a right to our own opinion. So, whether one was a supporter of the Banana group or the Orange group we should treat each other with respect and try to persuade each other so that we can either agree or agree to disagree amicably. Let us not preach water and drink wine. For those who have had occasion to serve in the Government before and are now in the Opposition, we can scrutinise what each one of them did in their respective Ministries. You will find in some Ministries lists of people hired reading like a list of who-is-who from one's backyard. Let us be very careful because what we are telling Kenyans is that every time there is a change, people will be looking forward to giving benefits to only a narrow section of Kenyans and not the entire Kenyan nation. This is something we have to guard against. It is right that we be proud of our diversity as many ethnic communities in one country, but let us also promote harmony. We should not pretend to be nationalists when, indeed, we are tribalists. Mr. Speaker, Sir, concerning the fight against corruption, it is not proper that leaders only blame the Government for the lack of speedy processing of corruption cases when it is the same leaders who go before court to cause obstruction of the hearing of those cases."
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