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"content": "and the matter has continued to drag. I mentioned that there is no harm in talking to these people to find out what is happening. If you see somebody carrying a placard or wearing a T-Shirt reading, “Pwani si Kenya” you should look at that as a symptom of something that has gone wrong. I have no apologies to make on this matter and as a Government we have said that we are willing to talk on condition that they renounce their pronouncement of trying to secede from the Republic of Kenya. However, I will be issuing a much more comprehensive statement on this subject next week. Hon. Chachu Ganya wanted to know about the IDPs in Moyale. There are so many IDPs in this country in different categories. There are people who are merely landless. There are others who have been made destitute as a result of competition for resources in their areas. These are issues that are being dealt with. For example, in Moyale, there are people who lost their lives when there was a fight between the various communities that live there. The Government is in the process of sorting out this matter. We now want to find out a much more lasting solution to this issue. We do not want just to gloss over this matter. Therefore, I would also like to appeal to the hon. Member who belongs to one of the communities that has been involved in this fracas to co-operate to the Government. I also appeal to the others, that is, the Boranas, Gabbras, and others that we need to work together to find a lasting solution to the conflict that has bedeviled this area for a long time. The hon. Member for Eldoret North wanted to know whether those who voted No during the referendum or those who were waving the red card are going to be allowed to exercise their democratic rights. He wants to know whether this is a Government policy or not. I am on record as having said that there are some people who were flashing red cards who said that this new Constitution was worse than the old Constitution. They said that if this Constitution was passed then people would lose their land. They also said that if this Constitution was passed then women would be aborting at will and that every hospital would be having an abortion ward. They said that if this Constitution was passed, homosexuality would be legalized and it would be the order of the day. I have been saying that all that was just propaganda to try and win the votes. These people clearly said that they had no confidence in this new Constitution. That is why I asked, “If you believe in this Constitution, how do you expect someone who opposed it to implement it?” That is all I have been saying. So, I have been telling the people not to vote for the people who opposed the Constitution because we want this Constitution to be implemented. It can only be implemented by those who believe truly in it."
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