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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kenyatta",
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. All areas including runways. We need to know who issued these passes! Mr. Speaker, Sir, these gentlemen have been calling us all sorts of things. They said that they can buy our President, Commissioner of Police and even girls. One wonders what the connection is between this Government and those two individuals. This Government needs to come clean on this issue. If it tells us that it will need a commission of inquiry to deal with this matter, then a number of questions will come to mind. One question that will come to mind is: Who is in charge? Is the Commissioner of Police in charge of his force, if this kind of thing can happen? We are told that a commission of inquiry will give us the answer. Is the Minister in charge of internal security in control of his docket, if, indeed, we are told that we require a commission of inquiry? Ultimately, we must ask ourselves whether the President is also in control, if those whom he has appointed cannot provide this House with adequate answers to satisfy not just it but the country at large. As you said earlier, this is an issue that concerns Kenyans. This is not an issue of politics. It is an issue of security. This is an opportunity for this House to show anger and concern that Kenyans have on it. Our debating does not in any way prejudice the investigation by the House Committee on the Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs. We believe that more will be done by this Committee. It is the responsibility of this House to restore the dignity, integrity and sovereignty of our nation and Government. That is why we need to speak out loudly. We need to demand answers from the Government. We cannot have foreigners walking around our country as if they own it and our Government is not in a position to tell us what is going on and what they are doing. Instead of being given answers, we are told to wait for a commission of inquiry to give us answers. We will not wait. We demand answers and we demand answers now. Failure to give them June 13, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1297 means we are not in control of our nation and destiny. Something then will need to be done by this House to ensure that we bring back order and restore our ability to protect not only our boarders, but also 30 million people who call themselves Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the honour of our country is at stake. The integrity of our country is at stake. We are being called a banana republic, yet we are a nation that is considered, alongside South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt, to be a pillar of this continent. We are reducing ourselves to a nation that has no respect for the rule of law, and that is a banana republic. This House must not allow that to happen. This House must stand for the dignity and sovereignty of this nation. With those few words, I would like to stop there, because I know that many hon. Members would like to contribute to this particular issue. Let us all, as you said, debate this matter with sobriety, be clear and know what we are about to do. This is not about us versus anybody else; this is about this nation."
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