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    "id": 1568112,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this special Motion by Hon. Junet. We come from 42 different nationalities in this nation, the many and the few. Some have never had the privilege of holding office, let alone senior offices like Deputy President or President. However, the nationalities have lived in this country in peace. I had just been commissioned into the Army in 1982, and I was involved in putting out that coup of 1982. I was a senior officer in the Army in 2007. This country would have gone to the dogs if the Army was divided. I like how some of our colleagues talk with much gusto about not killing the messenger or the devil. You must be killed if you give wrong devilish messages. There is no looking away. There are three serious offences in any country, namely, espionage, sabotage and terrorism. What we are hearing from our media - social, print and television - is both espionage and sabotage. It simply means putting Kenya at crossroads and against other States when somebody openly says in the mainstream media that Kenya was involved in the Sudan conflict. Sudan is our neighbour and partner in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am not a Christian. I am a Muslim. However, our Christian brothers and sisters must not allow misuse of pulpits. Churches are houses of God and houses of worship. They should not be used to divide this country or used as playground of vitriol or for anybody to bad-mouth other leaders. There are different avenues through which to raise our voices. What is happening now will divide Kenya right across the middle, pitting us against each other. A small radio called Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines instigated the Rwanda genocide. Initially, people were kind of celebrating when the radio was fanning out much vitriol, hate speech, and incitement. That is because they were on that side. However, nobody knew who was going to be spared as soon as killings happened. I think Kenya is bigger than that. We go for elections every five years. Let anybody wanting to change the leadership of this country wait for his or her time. 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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