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    "id": 290435,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, these were some of the concerns that made the Commission disagree for a while and it also ended up in court. The concerns were addressed including the credibility of the process and the integrity of the report. If the law is followed as they are going to do, where any member is adversely touched, the law is very clear that they are excluded from the matter in which there would be conflict of interest. So, the Commissioners agreed that the law must be abided by and wherever the Chairman, Amb. Kiplagat, and any other Commissioner were touched and there was likely to be a conflict of interest, for the sake of the integrity of the process and the credibility of the report, they would be excluded from those proceedings. So, I want to assure the House that all these concerns were addressed. It took many hours and many issues were sorted out for the sake of the report. Also, the reality was that the Commission as defined under the Act, is the Chairman and the Commissioners. The Commissioners alone could not conclude the report and present it to this House without the Chairman. The Chairman alone without the Commissioners is not a Commission. So, for the sake of completion of their work and providing a roadmap towards healing and reconciliation of this country, they were ready to put aside their differences. I must assure the House that it was not easy. We must commend Kenyans when they put this country first."
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