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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak to yet another Motion of Adjournment within a short span of two weeks and on the same subject. This shows that when we last had the Motion of Adjournment, in spite of the many promises that were given, both inside and outside the House, in spite of the Government’s assurance that they have now put the situation under control--- In fact, I remember the Cabinet Secretary and the Inspector-General went to Mpeketoni after the last incident but it has continued. Unfortunately, it has not only continued in that area but in other areas. As you reminded us, this has been going on for quite some time, which means we are failing somewhere. Therefore, unless we address those root causes, we may not be getting anywhere. Madam Temporary Speaker, because of time, I want to say that as leaders, let us not jump to conclusions so quickly as to who has caused it, who is responsible, who has planned it and so on. We have a tendency of jumping to conclusions and we have a tendency of saying “it is politics or it is political” without any evidence. I am saying “without any evidence” because if they had evidence, by now people would be behind bars and facing charges in court. So, let us stop doing that and let the criminal justice system which involves investigations and hearing of the cases in court be insulated from politics and let them do their work. Let us not prejudice their work by saying who is responsible. Let them do their work Secondly, let us also not engage in sideshows when this is going on. We appear to be focused more on side shows by arresting people for hate speech and asking them to go and record statements whereas we know what they said in those public places. They were on the road. We know word by word what they said. Prima facie, most of them on the face of it, does not amount to hate speech. The way we understand it in law, when you state the facts, that cannot be terrorism or hate speech. If you have to say that that is hate speech, then actually you are violating the Constitution which must be interpreted in a manner which promotes democracy and good governance. Even that Section 33 of the Constitution must be interpreted in a manner that promotes democracy and good governance and so let us not engage in these side shows. It pains me that we are engaging in side shows, without tackling the key issues. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what are some of these fundamental problems that we must address? Maybe in those areas where there have been ethnic clashes every now and again, there could be a problem of water points, boundaries and historical injustices. Are we addressing those problems or we are addressing the whole 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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