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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I was willing, but I am told that it is against the rules, given that I have already started my reply. However, I recognize the former Attorney-General and good Senator for Busia County. The Speech by the President was good and needs to be celebrated by this House. It captured all the facets of what the Government wants to do for the next four years. In particular, there is the so-called Big Four Agenda. The Government wants to address the issue of housing, food security, job creation and healthcare. The Government has taken into account the contributions by Senators. You have enriched the President’s Speech and once the implementation phase commences, all those points will be taken into account. I wish to comment on one thing that the President said and which has been discussed at length by Senators. It is the issue of national unity and ethnicity. The President said that he wants to leave a legacy of a united Kenya. Senators have discussed the issue of ethnicity in a very elaborate manner. The problem of ethnicity is not limited to this country. Other countries, including the so-called developed countries are still grappling with it. I refer to the long standing struggle in the UK by the people of Northern Ireland who wanted to have a separate republic or to join the other islanders to form another union. They wanted to break away from the UK. Although that can be deemed to have been a religious war between the Catholics and the Protestants, those who know how ethnicity is defined can deem that struggle as ethnic based. Religion, just like ethnicity, is based on what is called “ascriptive traits”. These are traits we acquire at birth. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is the ongoing struggle in Spain. People living at a place called Catalonia want to break away from the rest of Spain on the basis of a distinct language and culture. Even in other places, including small islanders like Guyana, there is a huge problem of ethnicity. That problem also bedevils several African countries, including Sierra Leon, where there was a civil war. In Somalia, clans are always fighting each other notwithstanding that they have same religion and language. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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