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"content": "with him all through. There is no single day he took that rungu and hit somebody with it. There is also a difference between a weapon and a rungu. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this rungu cannot be held by anybody else. This is something that has been blessed by the elders and handed over to me for leadership. My own children, wife, family and friends cannot hold this rungu. This is one that no one can even stand and talk. To be honest, when I stand here without my leadership tool I feel like I am naked. When I am talking, I get a little bit confused, but the moment I hold the leadership tool, I can be able to canvass on issues, such as the issue that we were discussing before. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not challenging your subsequent ruling. I am just requesting you to go back, really analyze and look at the wording. Try to demystify the meaning of the content, which is written in the Speakers’ Ruling because this is part of us. I would like to add one other thing and request my dear colleague, whom I respect a lot, the good Senator from Nandi, Sen. Cherargei, allow me to say these words and I will translate them: Waswahili husema: “Muacha mila ni mtumwa.” You cannot forget where you come from. As we walk today, we must continue walking as if we have one foot in the modern culture and another one in the traditional culture. That is the only reason why we can be able to survive in this country. We were colonized in this country but the moment you now tell me to come here and you challenge my culture, it is as if you are telling me that you do not respect my culture. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have been terrorized and stigmatized for so many years and now when we have an opportunity to be able to demonstrate that we too exist in this country, we are being challenged by our colleagues. This Senate is a House of reason and union, where we all come together so that we can support our cultures. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to request you and also request my dear friend, the Senator from Nandi, to allow culture. Please, my brother, walk with one foot in the modern culture and one foot in the traditional culture. That is the only way that we can be able to have everybody in this country respected. Foreigners are respecting us. If I can be able to walk into Capitol Hill with this rungu, why can I not get into the Senate with it and I have not done anything to anybody? The good Senator is saying that I can be violent. I want him to show me one single day - and I have traversed the whole of Kenya with it - that I have used this rungu to hit anybody apart from just emphasizing a point. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, to be honest with you, the next time you will say that I should come here with black shoes, with laces and socks then what will I look like? A zombie walking? I just respect my culture. I come here and articulate on issues that affect our people. The bills of our people have not been paid by the county governments. Our people are not equal. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I request my dear brother, Sen. Cherargei, to go back and read the proverbs of his own people. We have five fingers and they are not equal. We are not equal in this country. Why is it that we come here and talk about the"
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