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    "id": 902222,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to ride on this Petition. First of all, I welcome the students from Nyandarua County who are here with us. I also welcome the Mandera County Assembly Committee on Public Accounts and Investments. We had a full session with them in the morning. They witnessed what we do in the CPAIC. Those of us who participated in the Serena talks immediately after the Post- Election Violence (PEV) of 2007 can safely say – as Sen. Wetangula said earlier on – that it was not a mood that you could tolerate one another in that room. It was so tense and the country was heavily polarized and everybody was looking at the solution. Whether you were on the opposing side or the Government side, what was needed at that time was brokering the peace within a reasonable period of time. As we agonized through those sittings, one thing that came clear in our minds was that we needed to reconcile this nation to one another. Therefore, peace became a major platform for us to bequeath the generations of Kenya in anticipation that when Kenyans 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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