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"speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Abdisirat Khalif",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I join this debate by condemning the utterance by the former Deputy President. It is a known fact that he was impeached after he violated the Constitution of Kenya. We thought we had stopped that reckless person but, unfortunately, he has become more dangerous. This House found that he was unfit to hold any office. We can now see that he is unfit to live with the public. Therefore, he needs to be behind bars. Unfortunately, laws in this country are applied selectively. If a small person commits petty crimes, they are brutally arrested and charged. But when a reckless leader breaks the laws of this country, they are not taken to account for their actions, which is unfair. Petty crimes can be forgiven, but when somebody who calls himself a leader tries to burn our country, he must be stopped. I appeal to our security agencies to arrest that gentleman and take him to court. I know some people fear that his community or this and that community will bring something, but we do not care. There are 42 communities in Kenya and the law should be applied as it is, fair and square. I implore this House and the Government to take action before we lose our country. We have a history of violence in this country. It is known that in 2007; we almost lost our country. We lost lives, businesses and property. Somebody is daring us that he will take us back there because he wants to lead us through violence. We will not accept that. Democracy in this country is such that you can win an election using the right processes. We will not allow bloodshed and anarchy to win an election. It is not acceptable and it cannot be allowed. Finally, if we allow such people to get away with such heinous crimes, what are we showing our youth? We were complaining about Gen. Zs and others taking the law in their own hands. An old man should not be allowed to get away with such crimes. There is no other action other than arresting Rigathi Gachagua. He is unfit to hold any office. He is even more unfit to stay with the public."
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