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    "id": 532335,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that three things will rescue Kenya from the current national and social paralysis. The first one is truth and I had just quoted the scriptures in the Bible; John 8:32. It says that you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. So, the President has initiated a process where as a nation, we can sit down and start establishing what actually happened in a credible way and in a way that inspires confidence within the society. I am saying this because we had failed experiments with the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation project. Even the person who chaired the Commission was a subject of investigation for past human rights violations. I am not saying that the Chairperson of the Commission was the wrong person. What I am saying is that the moment you are involved in a matter as sensitive as this one and people doubt that you are clean, the honest thing would be for such a person to give way so that the national cause takes precedence over personal rights or jobs and positions in the country. We lost the project because even the person chairing the Commission and the Commission itself became embroiled in unnecessary fights. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we initiate the new process of national renewal and the search for a just, peaceful and prosperous nation, we must go back to the drawing 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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