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"content": "You would be lucky if you were not one of them. Then, if you are really serving the people in a manner that demonstrates respect for the people or brings honour to the nation or integrity to the office and promotes public confidence in whatever office that you occupy, I think that it is important to tell the truth all the time, particularly when you have a title. If you lie and do not have a title, we can live with that. But when you are given a title, like the ones which Sen. Khalwale is proposing or even the office, please, tell us the truth all the time. Make full disclosure of the things that you do on behalf and in the name of the people. Yesterday, I think that Sen. Khalwale was referring to the issue of Westgate; that when you occupy a public office, if you cannot tell the truth, then keep quiet. This is because once you begin to tell lies, then you bring ridicule not just to yourself and the office, but even to the Government of the Republic of Kenya. You are there, not to serve yourself, but the Republic of Kenya. So, whenever public officers stand up and tell blatant lies, this would mean that they do not deserve some of these titles that we are proposing that people assume on election to certain offices. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was a time when a speech was made in the National Assembly that J.M. Kariuki was in Zambia, when he was long dead. I think that Sen. G.G Kariuki was in Parliament at that time. It was a blatant lie because it was not impossible to establish that J.M. Kariuki was in Zambia. But a lie was told in the National Assembly and within days, what people saw in Ngong was quite the opposite. It was brutal murder. If you want to serve the people objectively and you are in the national Government, we want to see the people around you. Even me, as a Senator, I would wish that people look around me and find out whether I am just employing people from my village or I have a driver from another part of Kenya. I think that this is something which we cannot just gloss over. There are very important considerations, especially in terms of the current Constitution; that even in the formation of Government, to bring honour and dignity to this Constitution, you must make sure that either at the county level or national level, it is spread well enough to show that this is truly a national Government which represents the people as a whole. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, right now, I think that the Jubilee Government should look at itself and self-criticize. Sometimes when you look at the people around the Presidency, for example, and the security organs of the State, you just come to the conclusion that this is not a national or Coalition Government which we think it should be. This is because there is no way that you can have the Head of Public Service, Secretary to the Cabinet, Chief of Defence Forces, Intelligence Commanders--- One can count and count. The same applies to the financial sector. These are some of the things that if you do, as a Kenyan who is claiming a title, you do not deserve it, in my humble view. This is because---"
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