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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, like the people who committed crime in Baragoi, I think they needed to be followed up to where they live. If they went to their homes, they ought to have been followed, whether they were either Turkana or Pokot. In this country it seems like we want to have our own cake and eat it. We want to be elected by the people of this country and yet we do not want to discipline those who do not respect the rule of law. I think it is time we became clear in our own minds. Before I finish, I want to ask my colleague Senators a very simple question: What kind of leadership are we prepared to give to this nation? Are we going to start the quarrels that were started in 1963? It is like we are in the first House where we used to talk all these things we are talking now about. But now the country is of age and we must appear to be talking like the House of elders, full of wisdom which cannot be swayed by good speeches, but by serious actions. Speeches which are philosophical, but have no meaning in our lives; is that what we want to do? But if we start to complain about our roads and everything else, this has been said and is still being said by the County Assembly Members. They are the ones who are supposed to develop those areas. What we need to do is to ask for the money to get to them in order to start working. We should support them to do what they are supposed to do, but not to start crying as if we are a County Assembly Member or a Member of the National Assembly. We are here to give leadership. If you see my friend Sen. Orengo who I respect a lot, comfortable and quiet, you must know that you are in a new House of elders. This is because he has been a problem in the other Houses and I have watched him very closely."
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