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    "id": 1443972,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "But he never ceased being a Mister, so all those titles I have called him apply to him, if my English is correct. I am demanding that President Ruto vacates office as the only honourable thing to do. He is unable to balance our budget. It has collapsed and everything around him is collapsing. He cannot say that his juniors should bear the burden. The ball stops with him and the call that President Ruto must go is a call that must be applied. As they say, “a fish begins rotting from the head.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, my people say that a river does not flow higher than its source and when you look at the sun, you must blink. Justice is crying out. Our children have died and this is something that has never happened in this country. The President has called them criminals and he cannot sit in power when children have died. He said he will do anything, at whatever cost, when the Constitution says that you cannot do anything at whatever cost. My call is to associate my voice with those who are saying the President vacates office. There is no room for all the things he is doing here and we should start with a new slate. Anything less than that will not avenge the blood that has been spilled on our streets; a street that is hallowed and is recognized in the Constitution as an arena for engaging politically. As the arena where this institution fails, the people of Kenya invoke Article One and go to engage. When you desecrate such a venue and do not do anything and yet, there is no call that this should be investigated, but instead, they are trying to say that we go and have dialogue. I do not know whether it is to distort what is happening or to do whatever. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I look at these people like prison guards who are fighting for who becomes the chief warden. Then they learn that there is a prison break and they forget about what they were fighting for and say that the first thing we must do is to ensure that this prison is not destroyed. This is because their business is the prison. Their business is to keep people in prison. They are now coalescing, forgetting about the fight they were having on who becomes the chief warden and now they are saying that the prison must be kept intact. We are not going to allow that. This country has moved on. The Government that has to govern this country, and must govern by law. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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