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    "id": 902223,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/902223/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "come together, we will live together in harmony without recognizing the ethnicity or boundaries that divide us in every aspect. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was the reason for the TJRC Report which was very well executed. The issues that were being conversed there was that never again should the citizens of this country go to war against each other. That is why all the time whenever there is any dispute, I stand and my clarion language is dialogue because I saw what it can lead to. Many people were killed and others displaced. Today, we have to deal with those who were displaced from their communities and place of abode. That has not been resettled. We are hoping that when the TJRC Report comes out, it will give Kenyans the opportunity to ventilate their feelings and look for ways and means on bridging their differences. I still stand by that. Unfortunately, when this Report was tabled before our sister House, the National Assembly, it stuck there. My first reaction is that we should be the first point of call at the Senate level. If need be in looking at this Petition by these two gallant Kenyans, we should recall that Report to the Senate level as a first point of call, so that we can debate and bequeath to Kenyans the conclusions of it. Secondly, we should not rubbish the BBI because it is in response to what has become a mutation problem in this country. Let me state here without any apology that unless we are careful as a nation, this country is mutating and what we are seeing today is families killing one another mercilessly and people seeking rent left, right and centre. This country is being turned to a country of mafias by the mutation of what happened in 2007/2008 which has not been attended through the recommendation of the TJRC. We are now seeing the imminent resuscitation of various groups coming up. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I passionately plead that in order to save this country from collapse and from the level of Columbia and Mexico where the mafias have dominated the society - you do not have to look afar to see what is happening now within our society. Now that the Petition is before this House, let us make sure that we do everything possible to retrieve that Report from the National Assembly, debate it here and have Kenyans get the benefit. When the BBI report comes, it will also add flavour to this Report and we shall have a complete and comprehensive report to guide this nation towards that path of peace. Thank you for your attention."
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