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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is the tragedy of contributing towards the end of the time allocated for the Motion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the President’s Address to Parliament. Specifically, I am excited by two issues in this Speech. The first one is the apology given by the President on his behalf and that of his Government and the past governments for the many atrocities visited on Kenyans by their own Government. I come from a county where certain communities or clans within the region were tortured and harassed by Government agents. I have in mind the Talai Community within my county, whose property and livestock were confiscated by the late Mzee Kenyatta regime. This Committee has continuously sought for redress. This apology coming from the President is welcomed. One of the ways of addressing historical injustices in this country and globally, is through such unconditional apology by the Government. This is a bold step that was taken by President Uhuru Kenyatta. We have had three Presidents before him, but none of them has been willing to take that bold step. Therefore, I want to laud the President for that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other step is the setting aside of a fund of Kshs10 billion over the next three years in order to address issues of restorative justice. This is important that an apology has to be accompanied by some element of compensation, so that those communities, individual and regions that faced the wrath of action by Governments are shown some level of remorse. What is important then would be to seriously audit. We have a problem in this country where such a fund is set aside, then we have undeserving cases benefiting from it, while the deserving cases are left out. The President needs to put proper mechanism to ensure that this is not the case with this particular Kshs10 billion fund. 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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