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    "id": 1568102,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " We may proceed because we believe the subject of this discussion is not alone in this. We have been told that some of us are suffering from mental issues. This is a demonstration of such a case, possibly, when you just go out of the House yelling and trying to call things in a different direction when it is not possible. We were senior enough in 2007/2008. We went into tears because of what was happening, simply because there were disputes regarding an election. It, therefore, gives us a very heavy heart to hear the former Deputy President, Hon. Rigathi Gachagua, call that particular period a Christmas season. We should never, under any circumstances, have such words repeated in our country. Nobody is above the law. It must be called in. If you commit a crime, you must be prosecuted, whether you are who or who. One such crime is when you make divisive statements to Kenyans. If you wish to make a cautionary statement, this is how you do it. I hope he is listening because he goes around bragging that people from a certain region which he prefers to call murima, the Mount Kenya region, are elected fools. I do not believe that any of us who comes from that region is a fool. If we are fools, he is also one because he was elected from that region. Dividing and profiling the country is not good and cannot be encouraged at all. Mount Kenya is not inhabited by one community, but by several communities. We always speak of the unity of that region, as we emphasise the unity of the entire country. To isolate the rest of the communities, an emphasis is placed on one community to balkanise it. To say we will stand alone against the rest of the country is not encouraging. It should be condemned in the strongest terms possible. If the law has been breached, we must have the culprits brought to book. We have always said this is how it is supposed to be done. You should listen to us. There is no problem with warning Kenyans not to rig elections. We have always said that if you do so, we will meet you wherever the law provides we should meet. You will be dealt with as per the law. There is nothing wrong with that. To, however, say that if you try to do this, we will bring turmoil and the country into war, cannot be encouraged because this is what caused the events of 2007/2008. As we move forward, it has been demonstrated through the acts of His Excellency the President that we want to have a country that is united. That is the message he is taking across the entire country. This is why he went on to craft the broad-based Government. That is the reason why he is sending his Deputy President across the country to bring the people together. We must, therefore, preach unity at all times. We should never be seen at any one time trying to divide, balkanise or profile the people of Kenya in their ethnic communities. I do support this."
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