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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to contribute to this important Motion and from the outset I want to say that one of the key issues which we need to look at is really the actual functions of this commission, so that we really understand whether we are getting the right people. For a very long time, we have seen National Cohesion and Integration Commission only talking about hate speech. We have not seen them really doing the job which we expect them to do. We know in this country we have several threats which bring us risks and some of them are land, cattle, politics, clans, tribalism, historical injustices both perceived and real and we rarely hear this Commission talking about any of them. Instead, they only follow things when they have happened. They follow politicians who have incited the public or those they perceive to have said things which border on hate speech. I want to say that if they will be proactive this Commission will actually be seen to be contributing a lot during and after recruitments to ensure that there is balanced recruitment in the country. Some of these things including recruitment are the ones causing tension and lack of cohesiveness in this country. We have heard many people fighting especially in northern Kenya. Turkana, Pokot and Samburu fight every other day, yet we have not seen them actively doing anything to ensure that the conflict is resolved. I believe that is their job. We have also not seen them identifying risk groups in the country, so that we act proactively instead of waiting for people to fight and then we go around saying that we have to find out who incited them. If this Commission will have men and women of integrity, and people who have capacity and qualification to perform their work, they will be working ahead of time to ensure that nothing happens in this country, which brings instability. I have to say that I am really worried because we have not seen people from the minority groups like Turkana, Pokot and Ogiek on that list. But that is not the point. The point I want to make is that when the names were being called out, I was worried because of our colleagues 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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