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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, a lot has also been said about the Building Bridges Initiatives and the unity that is anticipated in this important process. The President addressed it and said there is no turning back in uniting the country. Of course, there is no turning back in uniting the country. However, I do not agree with people like Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri who, in his submission, said that some busy bodies are questioning the handshake and the Building Bridges Initiative. There is no busy body in this country. There is not even a language for calling anyone busy body in this country. I have said Kenyans must learn to live with criticisms. Governments, institutions, processes and programmes like the ones we have, become better when you have people who can look at it from a different view. The Building Bridges Initiative is good to the extent that every citizen of the Republic understands. Just the same way many Kenyans have said the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) programme has not been understood by many Kenyans. As a result, some people have said that this number represents a demonic number, it is meant to steal secrets from individuals and so forth. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important for us to ensure that everybody is involved in the Building Bridges Initiative. As long as it will be a process that is us versus them; as long as some people are still happy to say that the thing is secret and private, then we might not go far with it. Imagine both sides of the political divide; nobody knows exactly what the Building Bridges Initiative is. Nobody knows the details required for a leader to explain to citizens where we are going with the Building Bridges Initiative. When some people question it and they are told not to involve themselves as it is an exclusive relationship of the President and the former Prime Minister, if it is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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