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    "id": 581198,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will request your indulgence for more minutes. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Kenyan athletics team for proving to the rest of the world that Kenya is, indeed, a hotbed of gold medals, and not a hotbed of terrorism. Hon. Speaker, this Sessional Paper is good. I would like to re-emphasize the fact that nothing promotes proper peace building and addresses the issue of conflict more than addressing the underlying issues. The Government and this House need to ensure that the Constitution is properly implemented, so that the issue of ownership can be addressed. We should address the issue of who is meant to own what, ensure that resources revert to their rightful owners, and provide for maximum and minimum land sizes that individuals can own. The list of the things that I wanted to talk about is long, but because of time, I would like to re-emphasize these ones. I come from an area where for as long as I can remember people have been deprived of their rights. Unemployment is high, yet we have some of the biggest investments being undertaken there. We also have the biggest number of people squatting on their own land in the country. The proportion of land ownership amongst the population is incredibly low. Hon. Speaker, the police force needs to be put on check in terms of the way they conduct themselves. Innocent people are arrested. Security road blocks have been converted into toll stations. Instead of---"
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