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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to oppose this amendment and state clearly that there is no House that has supported the cause of the people who have been marginalized like the Tenth Parliament. Therefore, I feel that it is out of total respect that this House came together to find a way forward. I believe that it is this House that gave the mandate to this Committee to come up with a way forward that would unite the different voices. In relation to the amendment that has been brought by hon. Affey, it is clear that it negates totally the work of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and the very reason why we gave the mandate to this Committee. It would be unfair, considering the discussions that we held at the Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA), this House, Kamkunjis and at the Committee to bring this amendment. This would be totally unfair and in fact, it could be considered mischievous to bring the debate to the Floor of this House when the Committee and the Speaker, through his ruling, gave everybody the opportunity to bring these issues to the fore. What it really negates is this:- I want to make it clear, for the sake of those who do not understand why IIBRC was set up separately from the IIEC. It was because of the recommendation by the Kriegler Report. In the report by Kriegler, the mandate of the IIEC was very clear. That is why, in his amendment, hon. Affey, wants us to imagine that we do not know why IIBRC was given a specific mandate. It was given a specific mandate because we were coming from issues of the post election violence. It would be unfair to negate the whole purpose of the information given by IIBRC by allowing frivolous amendments at this particular time."
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