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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, on my behalf and that of the people of Kericho County, I join the rest of the country in passing condolences to the family of Albert Ojwang’. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have sat here wondering, beyond the things that we say as legislators, what else? What happens next? The unfortunate thing is that we have abetted this kind of crimes for too long as legislators. We want to sit here, get clips on TikTok and say, “I expressed my rage”. Look at the House. It is virtually empty, because people have shared what they wanted to say and have gotten theirs for the afternoon without a recourse. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said more than 100 times on this Floor, that if we had adhered to the Motion that we passed here after the June 25th protest, there were specific things that we asked each of our committees to do. The arrest procedures, was part and parcel of what we passed in that particular Motion, as well as rights of protesters. If that had been addressed, the young people of Angata Barikoi would not have been killed. If we had done the arrest procedures, Albert Ojwang’ would not have been picked from Homa Bay to Nairobi. Up to when do we want to be a House of lamentations? Let us be serious with our work. The people of our individual counties did not vote us in here to come and lament like them. We should be embarrassed. This is not a matter that we should even be addressing, because we know that we have the power. If you, as a Member of Parliament, whine, what do you expect young people to do? I would like to urge ourselves that for once, let us take our duty seriously. Let us ask the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defense and Foreign Relations, to lead us into a conversation, in a sitting of the entire plenary, the same way the late Sen. Yusuf Haji led us in this House in a sitting of the entire plenary when our three colleagues were arrested, arbitrarily. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let us stop this hypocrisy of just speaking and going home. People are disappointed in our actions. Prof. Ojienda, the Vice-Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, together with Sen. Fatuma Dullo, for how long do you want us to speak about these issues? Surely, can The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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