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    "id": 70301,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/70301/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Prime Minister",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Keter wanted to know why only the three people who were named from the ODM side come from one community. That is a question that I would also ask because I am not the one who prepared the list. That question should be directed to Mr. Moreno Ocampo and not Raila Odinga. But it is not the communities. It is basically the individuals and I said myself that it is puzzling that somebody can come up and say; I want to be fair and, therefore, I will take three from one side and another three from this other side. Unless there is culpability because there must be culpability and that should be the guiding principle. It is not just picking up names in order to appear to be fair. That itself is an injustice. But we have time to wait and see as these things unfold. I want you to know that I am the party leader of the Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM). My deputy party leader and my chairman are there. Therefore, I am the most agonized person. If you leave the community out of it and know that I am the leader of the party and these people are members of my party, therefore, I feel it as much as you feel it. Hon. Muthama wanted to know why the candidates were not interviewed. The candidates were not choosing those who were supposed to be interviewed. It was Ocampo who chose who to interview and who not to interview because otherwise that way, you will be directing investigations and you see that investigations should be objective, free and fair. Therefore, we did not choose the Hague option. We did not invite Mr. Ocampo to come here, neither did Mr. Ocampo invite himself. Mr. Ocampo came into the picture as a result of our own failure to set up a local tribunal to deal with these issues. Mr. Ocampo even waited, he said; “ try, first, to reconsider the matter before ICC comes in.” Koffi Annan pleaded with us and told us that the ICC is not a good option for your country because once the ICC gets involved, it becomes very difficult to remove them. That is why Koffi Annan stood up---"
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