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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to support the amendment for the reasons that have been given. But further, I would like to say that we seem to be applauding ourselves that we now have new judicial institutions that are working and yet our record of investigating and prosecuting human rights cases is quite miserable. If you look at the number of commissions that have been established, cases that have been there and concluded, we have a very poor record. Human rights cases since independence are enormous. Even recently, we had the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Report (TJRC) which has never seen daylight. So we have very little evidence to convince the international world that the institutions that we have here are actually working because the evidence before the world is rather paltry. Secondly, the curve of institutional maturity is still very early. Institutions are established and begin working, and a case like this, which is very serious, cannot really be trusted to a young institution. People have said here that what is important is for Kenyans not to be tried abroad. What is important is for Kenyans to receive justice. As far as I am concerned, as somebody said, let us look at the two sides of the case. Let us look at those who are now before the ICC as the accused and the victims. To what extent are the victims going to get justice here in Kenya when those who they are accusing are 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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