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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. First and foremost, I want to thank the people at the Office of the AG and Department of Justice, who were involved in the formulation of this policy. This is a work well done. In many jurisdictions, normally there are sessional papers to guide legislation. This should be the practice going forward. More importantly, we have had a lot of violation of human rights in this country. This Sessional Paper provides a clear framework for implementation. The methodology used in developing this policy paper is very good in terms of inclusiveness. The methodology here was participatory and inclusive. All the regional areas were included. We have had historical injustices to man, but if you go to the western region, we also have issues of the Mr. Chitabe and Elijah Wanameme’s wars that were there. These are the people who contributed so much as far as the fight towards Independence of this country was concerned. The fact that different regions were considered in the process, it is my humble belief that when it comes to implementation, regional discrimination is going to be put into consideration. I was just looking at the critical areas, or agencies, that were used. I am happy to learn that the civil society was used. It plays a critical role as far as good governance of this country is concerned. Trade unions as well were involved. It is only that the church was not used, but it plays a very critical role in the governance of this country. In future when we are handling issues of participation, we will want to involve the church, so that it can play a critical role, not only in spiritual matters, but also in matters of development of these policy papers. This is because once you put them on board they bring in an objective view. We know very well the critical objective and rationale that was used in the development in this Sessional Paper. We have seen the Constitution 2010 that is very critical and provides a firm foundation for realisation of human rights. Last week, we were lucky to have the Holy Father, Pope Francis, who visited Kenya. In his speech, he was very clear on the issues of the poor. I was in Kangemi with him. We were told that in this city of Nairobi, 55 per cent of the people occupy the informal set-ups. These are the slums. When it comes to ownership, they only occupy about 5 per cent."
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