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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G. G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "The Professor has gone through this kind of life. People who are friendly to books try as much as possible to understand the cause and effect of a situation. But in this case, this issue is highly political. Madam Temporary Speaker, God will bless us if we forget politics now and do something for Kenyans. This problem is all over the country. If you go to the former North Eastern Province people have been moved from one area to another. Many other problems have arisen through disarmament. In the process of disarmament, people disappear from their own areas and become IDPs. You cannot allow people to have guns for 30 years and then you wake up one morning and start disarming them. Who are you deceiving in this country? It is not possible to disarm them. They will voluntarily give you old guns which are non-functional. Then you come out and say that the Government has managed to recover 20,000 guns. I have been a Minister and I know all these intrigues. It is high time we declared our faith. We have to change and become new people. Kenya is blessed because we got a Senate of intelligent men and women who are elderly enough in politics. They can forget politics and think of the future of their children and country. It is not how much power you want to wield more than others. We want to take care of our children. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you come to Nairobi, a lot of displacement has taken place. For example, a person is allowed to stay in a place for over 20 years, but one morning, City Council askaris supported by the Administration Police officers come and throw them out of that area. What would you feel? Those people did not go to stay there because they had left their fabulous homes. They are there, because they have no alternative. I think time has come for us to understand the causes of this violence. Partly, private developers are also not to be blamed because it is their property and you allow people to come and settle there. Where has the law of trespass gone to? Nobody should come and settle on your property if there is a Government. But if you have nothing, but corrupt officials of the system, what do you expect? This matter is so critical that I challenge my brothers here that we have to lead and show the way and make sure that we know what Government is. All these problems come about because of corruption, abuse of power and politicization of security and administration agencies. When any displacement occurs, the rights of the affected persons are infringed as they are forced to live in situations that do The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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