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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the NIS must begin to look into better ways of passing this kind of information in an accountable fashion so that at the end of the day, we will know whether that information was given in real time. Another point is that there is this thing called rush to judgement. Historically, if you look at some challenges we have faced regarding people’s lives and property, information comes from the Government and it is constantly misleading. I am not accusing the current government but it has been there before. For example, when J. M. Kariuki was murdered, official information came that he was in Zambia at a particular hotel and details were given when he left the country for Zambia. It turned out to be absolute rubbish. When Dr. Ouko was murdered, information was that he was in Gambia and was given a little holiday when he came back and yet the guy had long been slain at Got Alila. If you follow these examples one by one, even involving communities, you will find that there is a rush to judgement. Even what we have done now, there is a rush to judgement. As regards Mpeketoni, it has been said that it is political leaders but not even one has been charged with any offence. What I wonder is that with the kind of operation in Mpeketoni, our own people were killed, police officers were killed and not one attacker is either arrested or killed. This happened in Westgate and Mpeketoni. The reasonable conclusion is that our security organs are not doing the work as they should and the Government is also rushing to judgement. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me say this without fear of contradiction, if somebody has committed an offence, it does not matter whether he is CORD or Jubilee; so long as that person has committed a crime against the people of Kenya, he should not escape the hand of justice. It must be dealt with accordingly. For the Government to use the process of accusing people of things which do not amount to offences at the end of the day, you are bringing insecurity on top of insecurity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my friend Sen. Muthama, and I want to say this publicly because I was shown what Sen. Muthama said in Kiswahili “tulikuwa tunasema mbeleniKenya ni kubwa lakini sasa tunasema sisi ni wakubwa kuliko Kenya”. He is now required to go and make a statement before the police because it is an offence or hate speech. That cannot be hate speech, it is completely laughable. What I plead with is having dialogue. We must not have Saba Saba. Dialogue is so essential. The other day the Pope presided over prayers between the President of Israel and the President of Palestine. Mandela was able to sit with---"
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