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    "content": "Mr. Kioni asked a question and I have already answered that Members would be required to vacate their positions. There have been cases and appeals which have been made. I fully understand what Mr. Kioni means. If a hon. Member is charged in a court of law, that Member if in the Government, is required to step aside. Mr. Affey referred to a video that was shown yesterday. There is something that is not known to many people that so many of the people who committed some of those crimes have been tried. The small fish down there have been tried. Hon. Members will remember that sometime last year, there was hue and cry that police cells were full of suspects. There was cry that those people be tried or acquitted. The Attorney-General prepared a comprehensive list of those who were in custody, those who had been charged and those who were still under investigation. The Cabinet directed that speedy trials be done to those who were charged and those being held without charges be released. This is what actually happened. Many people are already serving sentences in prisons. There are others who have been tried and found to be innocent. So, it is not as if nothing has been done. Many people who committed offences here and there; burnt kiosks, stoned vehicles and so on, have already been tried. We are talking about crimes against humanity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mungatana is saying that our refusal to refer these people is to protect some Ministers. I am not aware that there is a name of any Cabinet Minister in the list of Mr. Moreno-Ocampo. If somebody has that information, he can provide it. However, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo himself told us that at this stage, he is not"
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