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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to second this Motion. As I second this Motion, it is important for us to be clear on what the Motion is asking us to do. One, is to affirm and acknowledge that every citizen in the Republic of Kenya has the right to demonstrate, protest and express dissent in accordance with the Constitution, but do so peaceably and unarmed. The other thing this Motion is asking us to do is to condemn, in the strongest terms possible, the wanton destruction of property that we witnessed yesterday. I dare say, that wanton destruction, as the Mover of the Motion has said, was visited largely on businesses owned by the people of the Mount Kenya region, where I come from, whether in OTC or Nyamakima . I was under attack myself. I watched a clip by a young lady praying to the Almighty God, saying: “You God, who has provided me with resources to stock my shop that was looted today, I pray that you restore my business and double everything that I have lost”. I assure that lady that we will support you as we support other people who lost lives and livelihoods. Let me express my regret and my condolences for those who lost their lives, not just yesterday but even last year. We must have a way to mourn and memorise those we have lost. We do not need to lose more lives to memorise those we lost last year. The other thing this Motion is asking us to do as a House is to call upon the Inspector- General of Police and the DCI to immediately and expeditiously investigate the acts of lawlessness and bring to justice those found culpable, including current and former politicians, who were involved in the planning, mobilisation, financing and incitement of mobs, goons and criminals. That, for me, is cardinal. We let the unfortunate incidents that happened on 25th June 2024 to pass. Two sitting Members of this House, who were being investigated by the DCI, rushed to court and obtained orders to stop their arrest. The DCI had information that the two Members were involved in the mobilisation of goons that looted from the people of Mount Kenya in Nairobi, including the burning down and deaths of Kenyans at the Sunbeam Building along Kimathi Street. They continue to be protected by the Judiciary through that court order. Court orders through anticipatory bails cannot be in perpetuity. We are breeding impunity through conservatory and pre-emptive orders. The same characters were involved in the mobilisation, financing and looting that we saw yesterday. The Kikuyu Law Courts were all razed down, including court records, and everything was looted, including titles and other securities deposited in the courts and criminal records. As the first part of this Motion says, those are not acts that just happen. They are deliberate, mobilised and financed by somebody or a group of people, who then rush to court to get protection. Allow me to speak to the Judiciary today. There is a saying that says: When they went for the Gentiles, I kept quiet because I was not a Gentile. When they went for who, I kept quiet because I was not who. When they came for me, there was nobody left to speak for me. The impunity that we started breeding last year is what is destroying the fabric of the country we call Kenya. It is not just the law courts that were destroyed in Kikuyu. The Office of the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) was also razed down. Sub-county and county offices were destroyed. Graders and machinery that is used by the County Government of Kiambu to maintain roads were destroyed. County records, including our own property records, were destroyed. The people who did this - and this is my greatest concern and why we are calling upon the DCI and Inspector-General to conduct investigations - were being ferried from Limuru and Dagoretti to Kikuyu. Some were ferried from as far as Kiambaa and Juja to come and visit the wanton destruction that we saw yesterday. I am growing old, but I am not older than my father. My father is 105 years old and his wife, Mary Mumbi, who is my mother, is 85 years old. They 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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