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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think he sneaked in the thing here because we have an existing law and he is trying to amend it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know why Kenyans are ashamed to talk about IDPs. I really do not know why we are so ashamed to say that 1,000 Luos have been chased away from Laikipia. We have just been talking as if it was only one community that was affected. When are we going to be open to each other and say that 50 Kikuyus have been killed; or 45 Luos have been killed; or 500 people have been chased away from Mpeketoni and they belong to the following tribes? What is wrong with that? When we were trying to bring a Motion here to profile the number of people who were displaced, that Motion was just stepped on by my colleagues here and it did not pass. Now, I am very happy that it is coming when the situation is a bit normal. Again, I think the emotional thinking of supporting a particular tribe is dying off. Therefore, we will now be guided by the problem of the people. I think that from there, we will be moving to the right direction. We should not be ashamed of our country. If there is any problem, it is our problem. We are just behaving like a person who is hiding a person with disability. You will hide and lock him in your house so that he is not seen by the public. I think this is a most regrettable situation that Kenyans still find themselves in, yet 95 per cent of us are said to be Christians. We are called names and yet we do not know the meaning of such names. However, we believe in them. I think time has come that whatever is happening; whether good or bad, it is our country. If you are poor, let people know that you eat nothing, but your ugali, and you sleep well. If you are sleeping on the pavement, let the people know that you live on the pavement. That is the only way you can be a gentleman in this world; by being honest and true to yourself. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you look at this thing from 1992, 1997, 1998 and also 2007, if you imagine the number of people who were destabilized, just like in 1986 when President Moi’s Government decided to get rid of everybody who was living in the forests. In fact, several thousand people were chased away. They all became destitute and they did not know where to go. But during that time, it was a one man show; we used to call it “personal rule” and we could not have challenged it. God is great that we are now able to say that, that was wrong. We are able to go home happily, having said what I have said. But these matters would not have been mentioned anywhere. Imagine how many people the system itself has displaced? If not the system, it must have been happening under their watch, because how can you chase 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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