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    "id": 78810,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief so that I can give time to my other colleagues. It is a very sad day for the people of northern Kenya. It is even sadder after they have passed the new Constitution. It is sad for the people of Kenya and, more so, for the people of northern Kenya who, for 47 years, have been going through terrible hardships. They thought that by voting and passing the Constitution at a rate of 98 per cent that, that would make history. Fundamentally, we were waiting for the TJRC to visit our place and document the atrocities that previous Governments have committed against our people. If it can happen now, then a lot of moral questions and fundamental human rights questions will have to be answered. I believe that the Government that I serve on behalf of the people of Kenya and, particularly, on behalf of the people of northern Kenya, is not the Government that those individuals who did that serve. I want to say it here that the Government must take decisive action against those individuals. Immediate action should be taken against the administration police officials who did that to Government officials. I will say, as a Government Minister, that, that will not be condoned and as a Front-Bench, we will not accept that. Key leaders of the Government have spoken and the Leader of Government Business is here. History must not repeat itself. This is an indication of another Wagalla in northern Kenya. This is an indication of marginalization of the people of Somali descent. When our people do good business, it is said that they got their money from piracy. When our people work hard, we are told that we are involved in money laundering. We cannot allow it. We cannot be part of that leadership. I am sure that my colleagues, who have come enmass to this House today, will not accept, under the current Bill of Rights. We will not condone that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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