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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Before I state whether I am supporting or not supporting, I want to take you down memory lane. For the avoidance of doubt, I want to remind all of us in this House that I am the immediate former Member of Parliament for Kasarani Constituency; one of the hotspots that suffered almost 50 per cent of the violence. In my constituency, we lost 130 people. For some strange reason, all the people who died in my constituency happened to have been my chief campaigners. Probably, in this Senate, nobody feels the pain of post election violence the way I do. I lost my personal driver who was shot at 10.30 a.m. with a packet of milk in his hands. If you have forgotten, I was in the list of the first six that were published in the local dailies with His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, His Excellency William Ruto, Sally Kosgei, Hon. Balala and Hon. Henry Kosgey. I feel the pain that these three Kenyans are feeling, probably, more than all of you. I feel the pain because I know what it feels like to be accused falsely. I feel the pain of wanting to be vindicated. I have walked that route. In the Tenth Parliament, I remember which side I took; I supported vehemently the establishment of a local tribunal. I supported it because I was directly affected. I wanted a local tribunal that would give me an opportunity to look at my accusers in the eye and one that would provide a healing process so that I would know who is accusing me. But, if you remember, we were thoroughly beaten on the Floor of the House. The slogan then was: “Do not be vague, go to The Hague.” I cried, but all the same we had to accept defeat. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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