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    "id": 698911,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/698911/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Leshore",
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Prisa Leshore",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to thank Sen. Elachi for bringing these amendments. They will come in handy and will go a long way in ensuring peaceful coexistence among warring communities in Kenya. It will ensure that people involved in peace building are patriotic Kenyans guided by integrity and national ideals. The Bill seeks to accommodate peace building initiatives which are non-military. Whenever we want to restore peace in Kenya we send our military. We need to empower the NCIC, so that they bring communities together peacefully. We should not only rely on the military or police to bring peace in our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 25 seeks to oversee the implementation of peace building projects and sets standards for patriotic Kenyans to oversee the peace building. The committees seek to empower the NCIC. They will be established in every county and give weekly or monthly reports on what is happening and how to bring communities together. We have lost many lives because of small issues affecting communities. Sen. Elachi has referred to Marsabit, Tana River and Mandera counties where minorities are deprived of their national rights. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 stipulates that every Kenyan has the right to own property and live in peace and harmony. The Samburu and Turkana communities have been fighting since 1996 because they feel deprived of their political, social and economic rights. We would like to empower this commission, so that it can go down to mashinani, so that as we head towards elections, Kenyans will live peacefully and know their rights. Every individual Kenyan, whether from a minority or a majority tribe, will enjoy the fruits of our nation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this amendment is timely; it has come at the right time and all of us should support it, so that come next year, our people will enjoy the fruits of our peace in the country. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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