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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to this amendment. The object of this amendment to the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Act, is to make a provision, so that the report can be discussed by the National Assembly. I want to support the amendment, but there are things that we need to be cautious of. The production of this report has taken a lot of time. I remember a situation where the time for the Commission to complete its work was extended. That means that it took a long time and used a lot of national resources to do the report. With that kind of time and resources spent on the report, it is important that the report comes to Parliament. That is why I support the amendment. However, Kenyans are aware that reports of this nature were prepared in the past and very objective recommendations were made by the commissioners or the people in such taskforces. When those reports were brought to this House, objectivity got lost. At times, you find that depending on who is mentioned in the report, Parliament becomes biased, does not look at the report objectively and politics come into play. The report is then changed by the Members to an extent that the original objective of the report is lost. That is my fear even as I support this Motion. This report is voluminous and some of the names that are mentioned in it are mighty in this country. My fear is that Parliament might be looking for an opportunity to get this report to this House and then the normal politics come into play and we protect the big names, which are mentioned in the report. When this report comes to this House, I would like to see a situation where The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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