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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": "the interviews in a media house and that media house is biased. I have seen the attack they have levelled against my compatriot Hon. Aron Cheruiyot when he spoke about a biased media and cartels in the media houses because they exist. Nobody is fighting the media; we all want free and objective media. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the media being biased, but they should be kind enough to tell Kenyans where they stand and what political leanings they subscribe to. In America, everyone knew that Fox News supported Republicans and the Former President Donald Trump. Many people knew that CNN was supporting the Democrats. This is important so that Kenyans have the latitude of choice to know that if they watch a certain station they will not be influenced by a media house that pretends to be objective but are subjective and biased. In one of the interviews in a media station, I said that at one point the Commander-in- Chief called and threatened me. I told him that the worst he could do was to kill me but I would not change my position and political stand because of fear of death. I would never change my position on what I truly believe in. Because that media house was biased, they did not carry the interview and the entire interview was cancelled. Therefore, let us not be fearful; let us stand up for what is right and just. Life is sacred. It is God-given and no man has authority and power, however powerful they think they are, to take away another man’s life as it has happened in the last four years. It is sad and we must never see our country degenerate to the level it did under the handshake regime of before 9th August 2022. Hon. Speaker, forgive me because this is very emotional to me. I want to ask the Chairperson and Members of the Public Petitions Committee not to treat this Petition as any other. Let us take it with the weight it deserves. If we truly believe in God; if we truly believe in the sanctity of life; and that God is the only giver and taker of lives; then no governments or presidents or cabinet secretaries or inspector generals of police or police corporals should have the will and power to give and take away life. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I submit."
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