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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. before I say anything, I send my condolences to the families, friends and all those affected by the massacre in Mpeketoni. It is a very sad event and it goes down in the catalogue of many massacres that have happened in this country; Turbi, Wagalla, Bungoma, Tana River and now we have Mpeketoni, Lamu and many other places. The continued killings of Turkanas by Merilles and so on are some of the incidents I can cite. This is a national challenge and it saddens me to hear any one of us trivializing it and making unhelpful statements. Yesterday when we talked to the media, the words of Sen. Amos Wako still ring in my head. He said that a crime is a crime, it does not matter who committed it. A crime remains a crime. The immediate former Prime Minister of Thailand was sacked by the Supreme Court for committing a crime. She is home. The immediate former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Reza Gilani, was sacked by the Supreme Court for committing a crime. Nobody is above the law. If anybody, regardless of their standing in society, is involved in the murder of innocent Kenyans, they must be arrested and prosecuted. It is 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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