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    "content": "irresponsible, inhuman and that is the reason why I have said it must stop, except the figure where there are very compelling reasons to do so. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, want to inform the hon. Member for Lari that as we stand now we have banned any more forceful evictions of people from informal settlements until proper arrangements are made for them to move out and they are shown where they will settle. I sympathise with the hon. Member for Lari. I was present in Kisumu when the hon. Member made the remarks for which he was attacked. The hon. Member never ever said that the President should say “Raila Tosha”. The hon. Member just took Kenyans a long history. He talked about Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and the struggle for the release of Jomo Kenyatta. Then he talked of Raila and “Kibaki Tosha” and he left it at that. He never ever said that President Kibaki should say “Raila Tosha”. I want to urge that even myself if I had an opportunity I would have said I do not want President Kibaki to say “Raila Tosha”. That is the responsibility of the people of Kenya who would rather say Martha Karua Tosha, Eugene Wamalwa Tosha or Raila Odinga Tosha. So, I am very sorry for what happened to the hon. Member for Lari. Let me also say that it is irresponsible for Kenyans to take the law into their hands and go and attack an hon. Member of Parliament and burn his property because of what he has said. That is the height of political intolerance that this country should not tolerate. It is primitive, irresponsible and it is the kind of behavior which shows us that some people have not learnt from the experiences of 2008. If we are going to be so intolerant that if the hon. Member for Ikolomani disagrees with me, I organize for goons to go and burn his home and his house, we will not have a united country. It behoves Members of this House to stand up and condemn in the strongest terms possible these kinds of acts of political intolerance and thuggery. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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