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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to pay tribute to the previous speaker because of the content and the emphasis she gave to the right places. Kenya is one of the most unequal countries in the world. In fact, we are ranked third after South Africa and Brazil. In South Africa, you can understand why. This is because of apartheid. You can also understand why it is so in Brazil. This is because of the Red Indians. However, I have not quite understood why it is so in Kenya; the most unequal country in the world. It is not a joke that the new Constitution was campaigned for and promulgated. In fact, what Kenyans were doing was avoiding a revolution. If we continued being an unequal society, then the poor of the poor who have nothing to lose would have destroyed the rich. That is what has brought revolutions the world all over. This country was wiser to say: “Instead of having a very disruptive revolution, we manage the revolution.” That is how we came about with this Constitution. That is how we packaged it into something called devolution. The country is watching this House to see how it will deal with the injustices that were almost at the brink of bringing a revolution. If they watch us for five years and they do not see anything happening, we will go back to where we were. Some of us have been privileged to be in this House. I have been privileged to go to school. I am also privileged to eat three meals a day. We do not want to lose that privilege. However, we will lose it if we do not sort out the social injustice in this country. Let us not pretend that when we say that we are against this community or this tribe--- 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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