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    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is not a point of order. The Assistant Minister himself does not even understand that there is no process in ratifying a protocol. I am an international negotiator and I know how protocols are ratified. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the third point about good governance and democracy is political pluralism. We must have political parties. In this country, today, we have killed that. That is one of the reasons why this country is afraid of ratifying that protocol. That is because we will be in a position to push it with the international community. The fourth point of democracy and good governance is to conduct free, fair and credible elections. We cannot claim to have free and credible elections in this country when the Electoral Commission of Kenya is being disseminated. Experienced commissioners are being retired on the eve of an election year. It is very unfair. We cannot accept that kind of democracy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other aspect of that protocol is crime against humanity. We have not seen any action taken on the Mt. Elgon clashes. What we have seen are young people being brutalised. People are arrested indiscriminately. Some of the killings have been taking place in the Ngong area. Those are crimes against humanity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other issue which is very important in this Protocol is the issue of development. When you look at development in this country today, you will find that equity is lacking. In the last two Budgets, we have allocated so many resources to particular parts of the country. This is very unfair! One of the reasons why this Government is afraid of ratifying and signing this Protocol is because of that unfairness in the distribution of resources. I would like to commend the Mover of this Motion for bringing it to the House. One of the areas which this Protocol dealt with is the area of peace and security. We want our country to be a stable and peaceful nation. As the Chairman of the Kenya Chapter of Amani Forum, which is made up of Members of Parliament from the Great Lakes Region, I would like to request and urge my colleagues to ensure that we conduct elections in the most fair way, so that our people understand that peaceful elections are part of democracy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other area which this Protocol targets, is the issue of natural resources. In this country today, natural resources are being ravaged when the Government is watching. It is very unfair to allow this to happen. The Government is watching sand being harvested and the appropriate action is not being taken. Trees are being felled down for charcoal burning and this Government is just keeping quiet, yet we have a Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. This is very unfair. I would like to urge the Government to ratify this very important Protocol. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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