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    "id": 331518,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/331518/?format=api",
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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": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation (Amendment) Bill, Bill No.56 of 2012 be now read a Second Time. This Bill basically seeks for an amendment to the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Act to allow for an extension of the term of the current Commission to enable them conclude their work. We appreciate that this House has been very generous in granting an earlier extension after the term of the TJRC lapsed the first time. We were granted an extension of six months. We also appreciate the further three months extension granted to this Commission by the House. However, as it is, the Commission is yet to complete its work. We know that Members and, indeed, Kenyans have been quite unhappy with the period taken by this Commission to conclude its work. However, I wish to plead with the House that because of the amount of work that has gone into this Commission and the resources that Kenyans have invested in it, it is very important that we allow them more time to conclude this Report. However unhappy we may be with the Chairman and his Commission, I beseech Members not to throw out the baby with the bath water, because really it will be a waste of all the resources that have been put in so far."
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