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    "speaker_name": "Igembe North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Maoka Maore",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Maore Maoka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to say a few words about the President’s Speech during the State of the Nation Address. I state upfront that I support it. There are issues raised there specifically on the BBI. What we need to remember is the history of the handshakes and what they have brought to this country. The first handshake, that is in the leading memory in the last 20 years, was done in the 2000 when the Kenya African National Union (KANU) leader shook hands with the NDP leader in order to bring down temperatures. For sure, until when they met in Kasarani and parted ways, the country enjoyed a lot of tranquility. The second handshake happened in 2008 between former President Kibaki and Hon. Raila just to stop a violent episode that had resulted in the death of more than 1,000 people. Again, we had a moment of quietness. Then in 2013, there was a handshake again to get one of the leaders in the protagonists of the 2008 violence that is the URP leader, to do a joint electoral pact with President Uhuru. We also enjoyed five years of peace after that handshake. When we went to the 2017 elections, which were more volatile and explosive, again we had a handshake between Hon. Raila and President Kenyatta. I do not want to be one of the people who live in selective amnesia by purporting that when the President of the Republic shook hands with Hon. Raila, he did it on behalf of anybody who is in the Jubilee Party from the membership to the Deputy President. When Raila does it, there has never been debate, squabbles or questions about who else we should do handshake with. I heard Members in the morning and this afternoon purport to speak on behalf of the country or electorate to say that we need the handshake to be extended downwards to some other leaders. They have been using derogatory language specifically on a very hardworking civil servant, Karanja Kibicho, that he is misleading the President. Mr. Karanja Kibicho is in charge of internal security and is doing a thorough job. He will do it without fear. I know the fellow. He is not a coward. He does not get scared. Do not intimidate him in a place that you know he cannot respond. Do it outside. Mtakutana huko . I also heard Members talk about corruption and vigilante justice. It should be noted that for those who want to be rich after college or when you start working, go into innovation, be an entrepreneur or a manufacturer of something and then you will make your billions. You cannot go stealing public money, stash it in your houses and start yelling about how you want to be The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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