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    "id": 69229,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/69229/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to second the Motion moved by His Excellency the Vice President. I think this Parliament will go into history as one of the hardest working Parliaments. We have had a very long Sessions and in those Sessions, we had very long sittings. This is an exemplification of the fact that we are prepared to be patriotic and work for Kenya together as a nation. I just want to add one or two things, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, very briefly. This is the time to get the country of Kenya back. Even in the Order that we were discussing before we came to this Motion of Adjournment, I think the critical thing is that we are trying to get our country Kenya back. On the basis of the new Constitution Chapter 1 says that Kenya is a sovereign nation and sovereignty is with the people of Kenya. The sovereignty of the people is delegated to, basically, three institutions. As we debate all this, even about Ocampo, it is now in our hands to try and get our country back. I am one of the persons who truly believe that we must get our sovereignty back. With regard to the ICC, although they have a role to play in the international arena, essentially, Kenya cannot get comprehensive justice without our local institutions being strong and being guarded by the principles that are spelt out in the Constitution. That is my position on that matter. Secondly, I hope that during this recess that we are adjourning sine die, His Excellency the President and the Prime Minister order that the Treasury makes money available to the tune of Kshs3 billion for the resettlement of the Mau, Mt. Elgon and Embobut forests’ evictees. I want to pursue this matter with the vigor that I can because I know under the Constitution, every citizen has a right to access to land. Therefore, the Mau evictees, whatever we may think, it is the responsibility of Government to make sure that they are resettled. I have agreed with hon. Isaac Ruto that I will be going to his constituency to begin to talk because we must talk to each other. We must learn and know each other. Even as we differ here, we must begin to talk to each other. This is because we have no other nation. It is only Kenya that we have. However terrible or drastic the differences, we have only one country. So, I pray to you that even if you go to different political parties, churches, mosques or callings, the most important thing is that we must be together as one country. I grew up in Kericho and brought up there. I have interests in Kericho and I have lived there longer than I have lived in Ugenya when I was a young boy. That is part of my home. Anything touching people in Kericho concerns me even more than Isaac Ruto because I was born before he was born. I was sharing moments of grief and joy with people like the late hon. Salat the father of the Secretary-General of KANU, if he still occupies that position. So, I would plead with you in this Parliament because there is no"
}