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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to now quote Paragraph 86, where the President says:- “I seek your forgiveness and may God give us the grace to draw on the lessons of this history to unite as a people and together embrace our future as one people and one nation.” We gave him a standing ovation for this. This is not a laughing matter. It is all about the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report. We have been waiting for it and there are fears in this country that in its raw form, it is not the same document that has been made public. The long and short of my contribution on this is that if the President wants us to believe him, then he must know that he is the biological son of the first President of Kenya and the political son of the second President of Kenya. He could have gone further and said that upon apologizing, he is surrendering back to the public the tracts of land owned in the name of the Kenyatta family, not so that Kenyans can share, but that land can be put to public use. As a political and spiritual son of the second President, he should have also ordered President Moi to vacate the Mau where he owns a tea estate complete with a tea factory. If that happened, we would believe the President. That was not ancestral property, but property that they acquired by virtue of their offices. He should have gone further in his apology so that the children of J.M. Kariuki, Robert Ouko, Tom Mboya, Ronald Ngala, Dr. Odhiambo Mbai and the many others, including the brothers and sisters of Titus “Tito” Adungosi, who was my colleague and student leader at the University of Nairobi, could agree that somebody is saying sorry because they killed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the last paragraph to which I want to contribute is Paragraph 103 where the President says:- “The war on corruption will not be won unless all arms and levels of Government play their role and uphold the highest levels of integrity and act decisively against any perpetrator of corruption.” Mr. President, on this one you will not walk alone. You will walk with the patriotic sons of this country, some of whom are in this Senate, including Sen. Orengo who, purely, by happenstance I find his name to be in this list. I want to urge the EACC not to attempt to shield Sen. Orengo at all because he has inspired many young people. 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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