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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would want to make some comments on that Petition and thank the petitioners for bringing that Petition to the right House. After the fireball in the country in 2007, yours truly here and seven others; the late Sen. Mutula Kilonzo, hon. Martha Karua, Prof. Sam Ongeri, Sen. James Orengo, the Deputy President, hon. William Ruto, hon. Musalia Mudavadi and Dr. Sally Kosgei spent hours on end at the Amani Room in Serena Hotel with the late Dr. Koffi Annan and other international interlocutors. Among the milestones of the Serena talks was to address the historical injustices that had cemented and exacerbated in this country; the mistrust and distrust between individuals; different communities and different political formations. The TJRC was to address the historical foundations of these suspicions, hatred and dislike for each other which was including, but not limited to issues of land, alienation, dispossession and all the issues including extra-judicial killings that have been listed in the petition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, millions of public resources were spent on the TJRC which was headed by the late Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat. The TJRC had its own dramas, but they gave a Report to H.E. the President. Dutifully, the President forwarded the Report to the National Assembly as the House of first call. One would have expected that the Report be debated in the National Assembly, adopted or rejected as the case may be and thereafter forwarded to this House out of which we could concur with their decision if it is positive or go to mediation to adopt it. The TJRC Report has been gathering dust in the National Assembly for the last over seven years. This is like an ostrich that sees a raging fire coming and because it has a small head and a big body, it dips its head in the sand hoping that the fire will not affect it when, in fact, the fire will hit the most vulnerable part of it. It will hit the feathers that are left out uncovered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am so grateful to whoever has brought this Petition. I hope that the Committee to which it will be committed to, will dig into the historical effects of this delay and has an upshot of bringing the Report for debate in this House as the House of first instance. We cannot live with a historical baggage that makes us continuously unsafe and suspicions with each other. We are sitting on a time bomb that can explode at every election. As I finish, the TJRC Report touched on virtually every single aspect of Kenya‘s negativity. It is only by confronting these facts that we can heal this country and look to 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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