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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Orengo seems to know many things, including contractual relationships between me and my clients. Thank you for protecting me. I think we should go on with this Motion because that is what has brought us here. In my view, we all know what happened in this country in 2007/2008. We regret the deaths of people that occurred during that time and as a country, we all stand here in shame, without exception. All Kenyans failed and especially the leadership of Kenya failed the people of Kenya at the hour of need. I groan and it pains me to sit here and listen to people pontificating; people who benefited from the events of 2007/2008 directly as a result of that violence until the National Accord was signed. Certain people flew flags for the first time in their lives. They are here today looking at Kenyans in the face and using the script of the Pharisees, beating their chests in a holier than thou attitude and claiming that they can look at the people of Kenya in the eye and say that they are not guilty of the blood of the people of this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a citizen and as a leader in this country with young children who will one day grow up and, possibly in their generation, assume certain roles of participating in this country, I want to say that we failed as a nation and the reason for my Motion is for us as the elected representatives of the people of Kenya to say, never again will we expose our country and our people to such degradation and humiliation. Today about 7,000 kilometres from here, a trial has opened. That trial concerns two citizens of this great Republic; William Samoei Ruto and Joshua arap Sang. In a short while, the trial of a third Kenyan, His Excellency the President of our country, will open. There is nothing as humiliating, painful and embarrassing to us, as a nation, than for us to watch the three sons of this country being harangued, looked down upon and tormented simply because there are things we ought to have done and we did not do; and simply because we are still playing politics with our country. We are playing politics with the boundaries of this country and the flag and the national anthem of our nation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not the type who goes about boasting about my CV. In any case, if anything I have said is not true, you can easily google. In fact, I coached my words very carefully. I first declared my interest so that you can contextualize."
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