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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "You will recall – although some of the people we saw at Uhuru Park were there for the first time – that Saba Saba is a very serious occasion. That day, on the 7th of July, 1990, about 20 people died and all the political leaders in the Opposition were either detained or exiled. Very many people suffered, with some dying as a result of that struggle. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question is why did that have to happen? The struggle then was about one Section in the old Constitution called Section 2(a), which had converted Kenya into a de jure one party State. That particular provision of the Constitution denied the people the right to political participation and political choice. It is for that reason that as we were struggling for the new Constitution, it was made very clear that one of the 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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