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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, none of us in this House has any quarrel with this Motion. This Motion is nothing but something to remind Kenyans through this House what happened many years back. It does not mean that this situation has changed, it will continue for reasons that I am going to explain. First of all, I need to say a little bit of my political history. I think all the Members here seem not to be reading their papers or their books because I joined Parliament in 1963 and I left in 1983. When people are talking about Wagalla or detention, some of the hon. Members think I was there. When I was a Minister, none of the Ministers who came after me was able to fit in my shoes. That is why everybody thought I was still a Minister all that time which is not very true. I left in 1983. So, between 1983 up to 2002, I was not anywhere in the Government. So, if akina Shikuku and Koigi Wa Wamwere and others were detained and I was in Parliament, I had nothing to do with it because for nine years, I was a back bencher and for another nine years, I was an Assistant Minister. I have written a very interesting book which I need to ask my honourable friends to look at and understand where I come from. It is always good to note that no political crime was committed during my time. No assassination took place during my time as a Minister of State. For those who were detained, if any, the Minister of State was not supposed to sign the detention orders. The Minister of State is actually a personal assistant to the President. They just do what they are told to do by the President."
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