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    "content": "Sen. Wetangula): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Given the time you took in just proposing the Motion, it vindicates my earlier attempt to tell you how incompetent it is under Standing Order 45(3). But having denied me the opportunity to pursue that argument, I will make a contribution. If you watched a documentary on Steve Biko, the late hero and freedom fighter in South Africa, there is a doctor there who says that most patients do not die from the diseases they suffer from, but they die from complications arising out of the treatment they receive. I think that those who are prosecuting this Motion are actually creating complications that are undesirable, unhelpful and are not in the interest of even our President, the Deputy President and Mr. Joshua Arap Sang. Mr. Speaker, Sir, listening to the moving of the Motion, one could feel very sad and very sorry indeed. We stand here pained and carrying a collective shame as a country that our compatriots are being prosecuted at The Hague. This is not a matter that anyone of us is happy about. History is clear. I was one of the eight Kenyans who sat at Serena and painstakingly went through this process for a long time, sitting for long hours up to 3.00 a.m. When the matter went to Parliament – you were there with me, so were many others – we spoke clearly and openly. In fact, I for one, was called names when I said that Serena has delivered, the matter has moved to Parliament, let Parliament legislate and let us have Kenyan solutions to Kenyan problems. People did not want to hear that. 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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