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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to add my voice to this important Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I would really like to give my condolences and those of the Members of this House, because I think we may be speaking and forgetting that there was one person who lost life, as well as this chief who has, of course, undergone tremendous torture. But as I speak here, I want us to ask the Government to be a bit more open and transparent in the way it is carrying out its responsibilities. We have spoken here about the reason this man had to undergo what he did, because there is a certain security operation. Our colleague has been unable even to finish his sentence because of the kind of emotion that runs high, due to the operations that are carried out across North Eastern Province. I would like the Ministers to listen to me because it is them we are addressing – the Government that does not listen - You are responsible, as a Government, because we are in a Coalition Government. I do applaud those who have spoken and said that this is not the responsibility of one Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, but more importantly, the reason this, for me, is really painful is because a few months ago, as Members of this House, we brought another report to the Floor of this House where we had pictures of young men who had undergone similar torture. I am hoping that the response that will be given by the"
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