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    "id": 534950,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/534950/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. King’ola",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": "Thank you. I want to thank the President for complying with Articles 10, 132 and 240 of the Constitution to address this nation. I was among the first people to stand up when the President apologised to this nation. The President was trying to implement the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report that required the sitting President to apologise to Kenyans for the misdeeds that were meted on Kenyans. I agree with the President when he accepted to apologise on behalf of Kenyans. We are not supposed to implement the TJRC Report in parts. We are supposed to go head on. The TJRC Report gives him mandate and power to deal with the perpetrators of the same. If you have taken a shamba, return the shamba . If you have killed, you should be taken to court. If you have stolen public money, it must be recovered and paid back. Billions of shillings have been mentioned in this Report. If you look at that money, if it is invested in our health sector, education and infrastructure, this nation will move a step ahead economically. We want to see the perpetrators who have been mentioned jailed. Their accounts should be frozen with immediate effect. We must revisit the international banks in Dubai and Switzerland so that, that money can be brought back. It is not enough to take some people to jail and they have billions in their accounts. Unless we get those monies, we will not be moving any step forward in dealing with corruption. I want to dispute what the President said that Kenya is one of the most growing economies in the world. From the World Bank Report 2014, Kenya is not listed among the first ten countries. We have countries like Ethiopia and Angola just to mention a few. Even if we are talking about the 6 per cent growth, it is not felt. There is no trickle-down effect. The other day, petrol and oil prices went down from Kshs110 to about Kshs84. Fares in this nation were not adjusted downwards. Whenever oil prices go up, we see the"
}