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    "content": "about 1,000 people say, for example, from Eldoret? Some of them would go to Kisumu, others to Western and there is nothing happening just because my tribe was not touched. If we move in that direction, every tribe will find themselves in the same problem. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am very happy that my brother is trying to introduce new clauses here to make sure that all the displaced people are protected and recognized according to the human right laws; and also even according to natural justice. That is why we are here. We are not here just to say that people should be employed. We must look for job opportunities for our people. We cannot be saying we must do this or that; we must bring tourists, et cetera, and yet we cannot manage what we have. If we start talking about people outside yet we have these people who are destitute here next to us, and we cannot look after them and we are now talking about people you cannot even see, what are we doing at that particular time? We are addressing the gallery and you are also making a political statement. In the process, you are just playing politics in and outside the National Assembly and the Senate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to tell Sen. Wako from Busia County, that he has done this Chamber and this country proud. When you say that we should apply non-partisan politics, this is where it should start because we are all of us affected. Imagine for the five times I have just mentioned, if one incident has displaced about 5,000 people then if it is five times we are talking about 2.5 million people loitering around, not having something to eat. Therefore, they turn to be criminals. How can you stop that? Their children become prostitutes. We do not want to see such kind of things. People are dying because of lack of drugs. For example, we mentioned cancer here. It is very unfortunate that we as the Senators and Members of the National Assembly do not have time to go to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) to see the number of people. Sometimes I queue with others waiting to see a doctor. They are given a prescription for medicine, but they do not have money. Sometimes they start begging when they are there. In a country like this one which claims to be a Christian nation, if Jesus comes back, none of us will go to heaven. I can assure you that unless we play harder than we are doing. You can pray and pray, but a stone cannot be turned to food. So, we have to change our attitude and look at our country the way it is. We must be honest, true to ourselves when dealing with all the matters affecting this country. The issue of trying to hide who is wrong by the name, it is wrong. I think from today we need to say, for example, in Mpeketoni we want to hear how many people died there and from which tribe. There is no harm. As you are sitting there, we know you come from Kuria. I come from Kikuyu. I am a Kikuyu. Even if I come from Rift Valley, I am a Kikuyu and there is no shame about it. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support."
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