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    "speaker_name": "Uriri, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mark Nyamita",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to also support this Motion by Hon. Junet. Where I come from, particularly in my constituency, there are families that buried bodies without heads and families that buried heads without bodies. In the same region, there are families that are yet to account for their loved ones. There are people in Naivasha whose children were butchered as they watched. Additionally, there are people who have not recovered from what happened in 2007. Some had lived in certain regions all their lives, got their children, established businesses and had their lives going on very well. But because of the 2007 PEV they have never known home. This is because even when they went back to their homes, they found they had no land and there was nowhere to settle. Today, there are IDPs who are yet to be compensated. They have even petitioned this House to be compensated. That has not happened. Different communities live in different parts of the country. I dare say that members of the community of the former Deputy President live in different regions of this country. They have established businesses, families and they run their lives from those areas. That a leader can say that whatever happened in 2007/2008 was like a Christmas party, or to imagine that such a leader would want to be elected and have many other Christmases, is unfortunate. As a House, we have never felt more vindicated. We feel completely vindicated by the action we took to impeach the ‘mistake of a Deputy President’ that we had. Even if we were to rewind time, we would still do the same. As if that is not enough, subsequent statements from that very gentleman, including during last weekend, indicate that he is now almost dictating the uniform or dress code of the people from his region. Further, he is dictating who you speak to, which church you attend, which car you drive or what food you eat. I would like to inform Kenyans that no one should listen to Rigathi Gachagua. He is not only dangerous to this country, but also to himself. In fact, part of the allegations that were tabled before the National Assembly were to do with him grabbing property from his family. We feel vindicated. I sympathise with the people who follow him every weekend, saying that he is the leader we want for this country. The current President might have his own issues. I dare say that he will not solve all our problems, even if we gave him 15 years. But he is taking us through the right path on how our problems in this nation will be resolved. I condemn the utterances by Rigathi Gachagua in the strongest terms possible. Yesterday, he said that the President has set up a killer squad. I call upon the police to take action because his utterances mean he knows something. He should be called to record a statement. He is not above the law. I ask the leadership of this House to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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