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    "id": 797247,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Passaris",
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        "legal_name": "Esther Passaris",
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    "content": "Election Violence (PEV), I saw over 100 bodies of young Kenyans who had been shot. This did not affect one community and at that point I realised every community lost a loved one. The President said no one else should die because of politics and that the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga and he did not agree on a number of issues. However, they agreed on one thing: That Kenya belongs to all of us. It made me wonder at what point Kenya had stopped belonging to all of us. When did we get to that point and how are we going to ensure that Kenya belongs to all of us again? At the time they were deporting Miguna Miguna there was talk on the social media that I will be next because I do not look like I represent Kenya. In fact, at one point my husband who is a Jubilee supporter came home and told me that as I speak in my forums I should stop saying I am a Kikuyu. I told him but I am a Kikuyu and he refused. He said, yes my mother is a Kikuyu but one belongs to their father’s community. So I am Greek and not Kikuyu. It was that personal. I could not even be allowed to identify myself as a Kikuyu yet my name is “Muthoni”. The President’s handshake with the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga has done something. It has begun a journey but it is not complete. A complete journey will mean we do not end up dividing this country further. We saw them, shaking hands, but there are other communities represented by their leaders like the Luhya or even the Kalenjin community which has a rift. Therefore, everyone must shake hands and fortunately in Kenya our leaders represent our communities. So, we should embrace the current leaders we have, sit down and all communities should shake hands through their leaders. As long as it is just the President and Raila Odinga who shook hands other communities are not feeling it through their leaders and we have a problem. When we talk about the handshake, I think the leaders, Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) and Principal Secretaries (PSs)… I have gone into certain offices and I felt like I did not belong because I am in opposition. I heard comments like, “You do not belong and you are not part of Government”. Now, I feel part of Government and for any Government office I walk into whether it is health, education or water I should be looked at as a leader. Somewhere along the line the Government and Executive took a partisan position. They campaigned for one party and that needs to change right now. They should embrace the handshake because it means every leader has an opportunity to be served so we can deliver to our people Thank you very much."
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