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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Even as I move the amendment, the tone that has been taken by some of the Members is really disturbing. I request that during the induction workshop that we are going to have, if you can invite Dr. Frank Njenga and other counsellors, it would be good. Some people need closure from that election. We are moving forward as a country and indeed an issue such as this, a matter of the ICC, is not a Jubilee matter. It is a matter affecting the entire country because we are talking about the President and Deputy President. We must always try to cultivate bipartisan approach on these issues. We are here to legislate for this country for now and for posterity. So, we must always remember that instead of grandstanding. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to mention, even as I move the amendment, that the reason that has precipitated this Motion is the fact that despite the cooperation that those before the ICC have displayed; because they have said time and time again that they are willing to cooperate and they have cooperated, the ICC has not reciprocated with respect. Even the appeals that they have made, which have had merit, have been denied. We know that this case is full of lies, propaganda, media clippings and a whole theatre of theatrics from civil society. That is what founded it and it is a political case. We must also say that we as Jubilee belief in the rule of law. We must believe in the rule of law. Even as these cases go on, we will not do anything to go against the rule of law which His Excellency the President and the deputy swore to uphold when they took oath of office. It is clear that the ICC is a court that is designed to arm-twist African states so that they can dance to the whims of the West because the countries that are actually funding it for example Japan, funding 22 per cent is not a signatory. So what is the interest of those states? Hon. Speaker, I want to support the Motion but with amendment. Let me say that if we withdraw or repeal the International Crimes Act, we will be contradicting the issue of cooperation because that is the framework through which Kenya as a country institutionally cooperates with the ICC. At this point, I will read the amendment so that members can understand what I am talking about before I go on. I beg to move that the Motion be amended by deleting the following words appearing in the fifth line “further aware of a resolution of the National Assembly in the Tenth Parliament to repeal the International Crimes Act and to suspend any links, cooperation and assistance to the International Criminal Court”. We need to delete these The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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