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    "id": 407518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to apologize because I forgot my card. This is the first time to do so. I will not repeat and I promise to come with it in the afternoon. Hon. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to set the record straight. What does this Bill intend to do? During the 10th Parliament, we passed the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Act in this House and created that Commission to go and look at the history of this country. Historically, as a country, we should go to the bottom of the truth so that we can create justice and above all, we reconcile our nation. When we did that during the 10th Parliament, the provision was that the Report will be laid on the Table of the House and the Executive will implement it without the House considering the TJRC Report. This Bill is saying that Parliament is not conveyor belt, but it must consider the TJRC Report. It must analyze and create a framework for the implementation of that Report. I come from a region where atrocities were done by the colonial government, the first, second and even the third governments. In the last Government, the Kenya Defence Forces went to Garissa Market, burnt it, maimed people and raped women and the HANSARD will prove me right because I said that on the Floor of this House. I have no apologies to make. Even as I speak for Government – by then I did not speak for that Government - I am sure that the current Government will not do what those governments did. Hon. Speaker, the memories of the Wagalla Massacre is historical and a serious human rights violation. In 1980, Garissa Town which I had the opportunity to serve in the last Parliament in this House, suffered the same atrocities like the Wagalla and Mandera people. Therefore, the TJRC Commission did a Report after listening to witnesses. I support this Bill because Parliament will consider that Report, look at the implementation aspect, what is there for those people of Wagalla, Garissa and the Malkamari in Mandera. As Parliament, with an oversight role, how do we follow the implementation of the Report by the Executive? Hon. Speaker, I support this Bill because it says Parliament must be given the powers to consider the Report in either way. So, some sections of the Report, in my opinion, might be left the way they are as they might be considered. I think Parliament is a House of representatives and there are 349 hon. Members. There might be one or two hon. Members who have issues with that Report and they want to come and convince their colleagues. If they carry the day, then Parliament will consider their arguments."
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