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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kuti",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would also like to add my voice to congratulate the President for a very bold presentation during the State of the nation address he made. Because of time, I will go straight to certain issues that are pertinent. The first one is the boldness and humility that the President showed by apologising on behalf of all the previous governments and his own Government for injustices done to Kenyans, individuals and communities. When this apology came I remembered the shifta war of the mid 1960s immediately after Independence where the Northern Frontier Districts (NFDs) were actually visited with a lot of atrocities. Personally, I was a victim in Garbatulla when all our animals were paraded by the Kenya Army and shot. We had to take refuge. I remember, as a five year old boy, walking for months to Kismaiyu in Somalia and returning in 1969 just to start school, luckily. My father died in Somalia. This is a very 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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