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    "id": 195007,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the law is very clear in that you can buy any piece of land anywhere in Kenya, and they are there. I know of four people who are selling their parcels of land. Please, if there is any hon. Member who was so bitter when I talked about this issue-- What we are saying is that, until we amend the Constitution of Kenya, you are entitled to buy a piece of land anywhere; you are entitled to live and work anywhere in the country. The law has not been amended! Therefore, nobody should be given conditions on where he can live in this country. This is what makes this country great, that you can live, marry and work anywhere! We must talk to our leaders and they must tell their people that this is the law. You would not have committed any offence if you bought a farm anywhere in the country! There is no law you would have broken or breached! I support this Bill. My intention was not to cast aspersion on any community. That was not the intention. Once again, if there is any hon. Member who felt that I have defamed a community, I am very sorry. That was not the intention. He misunderstood what I was saying. I am surprised that one hon. Member did not comment on the other militias. He only commented on one. There is no good or bad militia. They are all bad and they should be disbanded! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me now come to my last point. If you look at the newspapers, the police seem to have declared war on the Mungiki . I am wondering why they have not declared war on the other militias. I will not mention all of them because I do not want somebody to stand on a point of order and say that I have mentioned a name that he does not want to hear. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If the police have declared on the Mungiki, I think they should also declare war on all the other militias irrespective of who the commanders are, where they are or what station in life they occupy! We must say it loud and clear that a militia is a militia! We do not want militias in this country. We have got the police in this country and they can do a good job! There is nothing good in being a member of a militia at all! It is not a distinction to be a member of a militia! It is not a mark of respect to be a member or a commander of a militia. It is not and we must say it, however bitter some people are! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, coming to my last point, there have been calls that the people who have been arrested on suspicion that they were involved in the killing of people and the destruction of houses in the Rift Valley Province should be released by the President. I will say it loud and clear, however uncomfortable some people are. The President has absolutely no authority to release any suspects. He has no authority! The only person who can release--"
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