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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this Motion. This is a bipartisan Motion. We have come a long way to reach where we are now. I start by sending a message of condolence to the innocent members of the public who have lost their lives on the journey to reach where we are. I also wish those who are recovering in hospitals a quick recovery. This Motion is a culmination of a process long, winding, protracted violent and diplomatic. I thank the interlocutors, the religious groups led by Bishop Korir of Eldoret together with Bishop Rotich of the Army, Cannon Karanja of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) and all the other bishops of other evangelical churches together with the Muslim leadership. Above all, I thank two distinguished ambassadors to this country; the American Ambassador, Mr. Robert Godec and the British High Commissioner, Mr. Nic Hailey, who spent a lot of time shuttling between the two protagonists. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is not an ordinary Motion. It is trying to bring sanity into the electoral system. You may recall that Kenyans lost lives pre-elections of 1993 as well as pre-elections and during the elections of 1997. They were then cheekily christened as tribal clashes, but we all know that the conflict was due to election. In 2007/2008, hell broke loose and the country nearly went into an abyss. We rediscovered ourselves as a nation and came back to where we are. In 2013, we went to elections and the outcome is a history that we all know and can read about. Everybody questioned the outcome of that election. Even those that were declared winners have privately said that they did not win. The manner in which we conduct elections will determine the future or the disintegration of the Kenyan nation. You may recall that during the conflict arising out of election in 2007/2008, we even started hearing belligerent statements such as cessation. Forget about “ Pwani si Kenya ” slogan which has been misconstrued to mean cessation. What the people at the Coast have been asking is: “Kwani, Pwani si Kenya?” People misinterpreted it to mean “Pwani si Kenya.” What they mean is that the Jubilee Government is concentrating all resources to the places where you come from. I stand here today to laud my brother, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, who is normally very measured. He does not get toxic. He is more sensible than many of his colleagues across the divide. We have talked about this Motion, and I am very confident that the leadership that we have given---"
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