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    "id": 90643,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. Recently, a well known politician from the Rift Valley informed a gathering at Silibwet Grounds in Bomet that the adoption of the new Constitution would lead to loss of ancestral land and to the confinement of a particular ethnic community to one area to pave way for non-indigenous communities. Considering the sensitivity of land issues and the fragile ethnic historical background in the country; further considering the fact that we are still healing from the devastating post-election violence of 2008, and that the National Cohesion and Integration Act of 2008, criminalises hate speech, established a Commission which investigates utterances that incite hatred and violence, among other duties, I would like the Minister to respond to the following issues:- (a) whether the new Constitution, indeed, does provide for deprivation of legitimately acquired land and/or confinement of communities to a certain region against their will as was alleged by the politician; (b) whether the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) is aware of these particular utterances, and whether they consider them as hate speech; and, (c) what immediate action the Government is taking against this particular politician and other like-minded individuals who have made such utterances with a view to stir ethnic hatred."
}