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    "id": 612160,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/612160/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also wish to join in supporting this Sessional Paper on the National Policy and Action Plan on Human Rights of 2014. I also want to congratulate the many actors, partners and Government departments that were involved in its drafting. It took a very long time to put it together. For good reasons, the country has a history and a future with human rights. To merge the two, would really require that a lot of time and attention goes into the Sessional Paper. As we approve and adopt the Sessional Paper, it will guide a lot of legislation that needs to come in terms of supporting human rights issues and in terms of supporting the implementation of the Constitution that we now have. Quickly, a lot of times, constitutions are very aspirational and promising. In fact, at one time, a lady is said to have gone to a hotel and got a menu. In that menu, the first choice of her meal was fish and ugali. She was informed they did not have fish and ugali. She asked: “Can I then have chicken and rice?” She was told: “We do not have chicken and rice.” She said: “I do not like beef much but could you give me beef and"
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