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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this Bill. I rise to support the TJRC (Amendment) Bill. This is an important amendment to the parent Bill so that Parliament will express itself on the Report and that is why I am supporting the Bill. The TJRC dealt with a wide range of issues, including but not limited to the marginalization of the communities. It dealt with historical injustices and opportunities, skewed resources and also issues of land. The TJRC also dealt with human rights abuses; exploitation of masses by the ruling class and the consistent denial of self-determination between communities. Therefore, it is important for Parliament to ventilate those issues when the Report finally gets to this House. Otherwise, if we do not support this amendment to the parent Bill, then it means that Parliament will not have an opportunity at all to discuss the TJRC Report. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, similar commissions have been established world over to address historical and human suffering. Our was not different and it did its work under the TJRC Act, which granted the Commission powers to recommend amnesty and a broad range of violations; powers to recommend reparations and to even recommend prosecutions. Such recommendations should then be considered by Parliament in its oversight role. The TJRC Commission sought to pursue national healing and reconciliation. I think it is an important Report to Parliament to have an opportunity to express itself on. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the TJRC process provided victims and the general public with a forum within which there was truth telling pleas of mercy. Allegations and counter accusations were ventilated to a greater effect before the 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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