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    "id": 575149,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion on National Cohesion and Integration. Our nation is at a point where we need to come together. We are more disintegrated than 20 years ago and yet the situation should have been the opposite. Where we are today has been as a result of the activities of politicians. We have seen in subsequent elections politicians campaigning using tribal cards. Before, we had a situation where it was 41 versus one. I do not know how we arrived at that, but you can see the extent to which politicians can go to advance their agenda. I was supposed to be in one and not in 41. When I look at that, I do not see myself, at any given time, causing any atrocity or iniquity in this society. So, such generalisation is not good. I know, for example, that many Kikuyus have not been beneficiaries of State largesse, but they are lumped into one group. It is not just the Kikuyus, but many other tribes may have found themselves in that situation. It is important for us, as a nation to bring all our people together. If there have been historical injustices, let them be dealt with in a proper manner. I have seen peasant Kikuyu who have a quarter of an acre which they got by toiling and sweating. When somebody says that they are taking away that quarter of an acre that they have struggled to get over time in the name of putting right historical injustice, it cannot be allowed. This has gained currency and it is being employed widely today. For example, in my county where people were disposed of their land, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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