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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support that the thanks of this House be recorded for exposition of the public policy contained in the Address of the President as delivered on Thursday, 26th March, 2014. Before I say what I want to say, on that particular day, on Thursday last week, I can still remember being amongst the reluctant Members who stood last to give the standing ovation that we gave to the President of the Republic of Kenya. When I realised everybody was on their feet, I asked what was going on. That was when I went back to my dictionary and learnt what a standing ovation for an Address by a sitting president meant. Having said that, I want to go back to my village, where I come from. I have had the privilege of representing a constituency called “Wajir West”. It was in Wajir West where Wagalla Massacre of 1984 took place. I lost a number of relatives, my uncle and a number of cousins. In 1999, I brought a Question to this House. That Question was ably handled, although I disagreed with the answer that was given by the current Deputy President, who was then an Assistant Minister in the Office of the President, and in charge of internal security. At that time, it was difficult for the then Government to acknowledge that there was Wagalla Massacre. Every year, we celebrate the killing of many innocent women, children and the elderly in the Wagalla Massacre. When I see a sitting Head of State today apologising in the name of restorative justice and accepting the mistakes and omissions that we have had, this brings some questions to the fore. Can we reconcile? Can we go back to the drawing board? I am sure that my voters, who have been voting for me many times in Wajir West – today I represent a different constituency – will say that for the first time they have seen leadership in President Uhuru Kenyatta. This is something that we must acknowledge. Secondly, there is something that the hon. A.B. Duale said. Last week on Tuesday we had a PIC session with the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) officials. I want to narrate this story. In 1968, the Kenya Meat Commission was the most vibrant and the biggest profit-making institution in the Republic of Kenya. Today, it is a dead entity. It is a shell. The holding land of the KMC has been grabbed. In 1968, we seconded some of our highly qualified veterinarians and other technical staff to Botswana Meat Commission in order to make them appreciate the development we had made. I am afraid to say that 50 years down the line, Botswana Meat Commission supplies meat to the entire world. The Kenya Meat Commission has no board, managing director or holding 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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