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"content": "large amounts by breaded cows. That cooperative took off, but because of mismanagement, the Ikolomani Cooperative Society at Lirembe, then collapsed, but the Githunguri one went on and succeeded. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if there is a Senator here who has never been to the Fresher farm in Githunguri, they are one of the most developed, fantastic dairy cooperative society. Sen. Cherarkey, those jokes you see in Nandi, Kakamega, we are neighbours, is not the case in Githunguri. In Githunguri, I saw people, I hope it is still the case today, deliver milk and on the strength of the milk you have delivered, you can actually be given a voucher to go and collect food. You are given a voucher to go and take to school and pay school fees and it will be discounted on the milk that you deliver at the cooperative society. We went there before and after the advent of Mungiki. Sometimes I hear the former Deputy President talk about violence in his Wamunyoro meetings and I say, indeed, ignorance is bliss. I see the violence that has never been witnessed in the central part of this country, now repeated almost every weekend in funerals and rallies and what have you, and I say, indeed, ignorance is bliss. I appeal to the Senators from the Mount Kenya region, you are going the wrong route. These children you now want to militarize some joker once militarized them into Mungiki. I went to Githunguri and the ladies who talked in my ear quietly, we normally see on TV, “please, help us, Mungiki is finishing us.” They told me that when they milked, they had to declare the number of litres and Mungiki would come with an entitlement of one or two litres. If you do not give it, your cow is gone. Let us do politics, but not politics of militarization of our youth. It is extremely dangerous. May I also inform the former Deputy President, who is a good friend of mine, we campaigned with him for many months to win the presidency in 2022. In 2027, we are going to do everything to make sure that the election is peaceful. We cannot imagine a situation whereby our children should start fighting each other because one person or the other has lost the presidential election. That one, I refuse. The former Deputy President is playing with fire. When members from his community then started facing the wrath of the proponents of post-election violence in 2007-2008, he was nowhere. We were the ones who were on President Kibaki’s side, that bore the burden of protecting these patriotic Kenyans who were doing business and have settled in Kakamega. It is a route we can never go, we shall not allow and we will fight to ensure that the 2027 election will be free, fair, and peaceful. We say these things with a degree of patriotism. Maybe, I do not know, some of you have two children, maximum three. So, in the event of the country bursting, you will quickly look for five passports, one for yourself, one for your wife and three for your children. How about me? I will not know where child X is, child J is, child Y is. I would die out of worries. I need peace, so that my children, wherever they be, I am assured that they are safe. I am serious. It is a thought that I cannot entertain in my mind."
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