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    "id": 903932,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to finally move this Bill that has been pending on the Order Paper for quite some time. I beg to move that the National Cohesion and Peace Building Bill (Senate Bills No.35 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. I am happy to move this Bill at a time when this country needs a lot of cohesion, integration and peace building amongst ourselves. I am happy that I am moving this Bill at a time when we have the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) led by none other than our own co-Chair, Sen. Haji. I am sure that they have been moving around the whole country; county by county, trying to get the views of Kenyans on how we can live in cohesiveness and have a lasting peaceful solution for purposes of moving our country forward. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill seeks to repeal the National Cohesion and Integration Act No.2012 of 2008. We had debates in the Committee where we engaged with several stakeholders, for example, the Directorate of National Cohesion and Values, the secretariat of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and others. At some point we were thinking of amending the already existing Act. However, we felt that it will serve this country better to repeal it and replace it with this particular Bill. We thought of this as stakeholders because the National Cohesion and Integration Act No.2012 of 2008 only talked about integration and cohesion while peace building was handled separately and not reflected in the original Act. We also have, in actual practice, the NCIC and the Directorate of National Cohesion and Values under the Office of the President. So, at some point, I wonder why we go wrong as a country. We created a Commission as way to solve the problems that we faced in 2007 when we had conflicts in the country. These are some of the Commissions that came up to try and bring this country back together and make us move forward. 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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