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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I want to say that I identify with the President’s Address. I would like to commend him for showing respect for this House. Coming here to address the country shows that he respects this House. We should tell him that we are with him in most of the things he said. The President of this country is our President. He is the President of each and every one of us. He has done us proud by going to The Hague. He showed us that it is very important to adhere to the rule of law. In fact, whether our leanings are to CORD or Jubilee, the most important thing is that he has shown the world that we are people who respect the law. I believe that is why he is the third or the fourth most successful President even though he has just been in power for the last two years. That is also why we are now a middle income country. Within the last one-and-a-half years that he has been in power, the President has shown that we can achieve a lot without necessarily hurting one another. I believe that reconciliation should be given a chance. I also feel the pain, like hon. Mbadi, that many innocent Kenyans were hurt. They lost their livelihoods and families. This issue of Kenyans trying as much as possible to protect their tribesmen has cost us dearly. When we were trying to lock out one another from power, the real criminals escaped justice. Even though the Director of Public Prosecution has terminated some of the investigations, I believe they should be re-opened. This is because people know who assaulted them and killed others and they should not go scot free. If they do, then reconciliation might be very difficult. When we talk about justice for the victims, it does not necessarily mean injustice for the President, the Deputy President and Mr. Sang. They are all entitled to justice and we should not vilify any of those people just because they are in leadership. If they are innocent, they are innocent and investigations have been carried out. In fact, Ocampo himself said that he was forced, or instructed, to institute these proceedings. Then, if there was miscarriage of justice, how can we be party to it? If these people are innocent, they 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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