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    "id": 50547,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for us to succeed in reforms, we must make the rule of law the basis for changing some of the key institutions. Over the last 20 years, since the advent of muti-partyism, the Kenyan public and, in particular, Kenyan leaders have been in the forefront in ensuring that this country has a new constitutional dispensation. That was at a price. We paid dearly. We paid billions that could have gone to developmental projects in 1991. We wasted a lot of time. Many Kenyans lost their lives as a result of their struggle for multi-partyism. May Kenyans were put in jail and this must be defended jealously. This must be defended constitutionally. This must be defended from the Floor of this House. Positive change, sometimes--- The weak, the naĂŻve and those who are normally averse to change, fear change. Positive change must become an ingredient of the Kenyan society. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have heard two or three previous speakers make comments on the issue of the Department of Defence (DOD). We need to understand that militarism is one of the pillars of diplomacy. In the old days when we had two ideological blocks; communism and capitalism, military might and the barrel of the gun was all that was required to subdue any group, individual or society. Today, what we require is ideological persuasion. The later part of this Report, in our humble submission, was made to assist the gallant sons and daughters of the Republic of Kenya who are serving in our armed forces. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one institution - and this is the practice in all democracies - and I want to be challenged--- This is the trend in America, Israel, France and in all developed democracies, where civility, the rule of law, accountability, transparency and institutionalism are the key dominant factors. What we have proposed-- -"
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