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    "id": 612165,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/612165/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Committee for their work on looking at this National Policy and also all the stakeholders. It has been a long process as the Vice-Chairlady has said - actually from 2005 in terms of coming up with this action plan. The strength of a country is not measured by the size of its military or its economy, but by how the country treats the most vulnerable in the society, how the country looks at those who may not have, those below the poverty line and those disadvantaged by different aspects. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this National Policy and Action Plan is testament to the fact that Kenya, having signed a lot of instruments internationally, including the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the Convention for Persons living with Disabilities, the Protection of the Rights of People living with Disabilities and, ultimately, our Constitution, that our country is committed to actualize the aspirations that we have. The Constitution of this country has been hailed as one of the most progressive, mainly because of the provisions within the Bill of Rights. But those provisions will only remain so unless we have an action plan on how to look at this matter. This Action Plan on Human Rights is in three categories. These include civil and political rights that have been pronounced by the Chair of the Committee, that is, access to life, liberty, security of the person and justice. These are very important rights as they are inalienable. A right"
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