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    "id": 759612,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okello",
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        "legal_name": "Ben Oluoch Okello",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what we are referring to as tension in the country is not tension. We have a conflict. Conflicts are always there. They are healthy and ever with us even in our households where we have couples. The only problem is how we resolve conflicts. This conflict is political. It arose as a result of our failure to follow the political process to the letter. That is why NASA went to court. The ruling of the Supreme Court is now history. We are set for elections on 26th October, 2017. When conflicts are resolved through constitutional means, it is very healthy. There should be no problem when we follow the Constitution in resolving our conflicts. So, NASA did a commendable thing by going to court. Those who went to demonstrate yesterday were also right. Article 37 of the Constitution states clearly that picketing and demonstrations are allowed. These are democratic and constitutional means of expressing ourselves as Kenyans. So far, so good. We are on the right path. What hon. Raila said, that there will be no elections on 26th October, 2017, should not be taken as such. It should be taken under the context which he said it. Hon. Raila is asking for free, fair and verifiable elections for the future of this nation. He is talking about elections where the winner greets the loser and the country moves on. That is not only necessary this year. It was not only necessary in 2013 or 2007 but it is necessary forever in Kenya. Those who are pursuing this line are doing a good job. So, my friend Sen. Mwaura should not fear. He should join demonstrators and ask for his right so that we can have a peaceful and stable country where elections do not make us fight each other."
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