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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this country, it was only as recent as 2008 that we had the new law, the National Cohesion and Integration Act. But the history we had, all the issues that have happened in this country regarding tension, ethnic tension and cleansing have been preceded by very strong statements from leaders. I have been cautious on many other issues because I have said it that we, as leaders, must be accountable for what we talk. We must take responsibility for every word that we utter because every person out there who elected us and is watching these proceedings, amongst the 40 million Kenyans, has a piece of every person who is in leadership position. That means that every utterance we make as a leaders is not taken to be a normal Sen. Wangari statement. How I would have made a statement last year or last year but one, before I came to the office of Senator is not the same. I have to be more careful on what I say now because I have a constituency that is watching. That brings me to the issues that were brought on our table. Personally, it may look like it is a small issue, but as a woman, knowing what fights and war do to women and children, I cannot sit back and I do not want to be judged by history as someone who did nothing. Albert Eisten said there are two kinds of evil people; there are those who commit the evil deeds and there are those who sit and do nothing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there were many issues that were raised at the Committee level. Apart from that, some issues were really substantiated after documents were produced before us. There is also an issue that we really toiled with in the Committee. This is something that we need to look into in the future after we are done with these proceedings. A deputy governor runs on the ticket of the governor. If he goes ahead and undermine him every day and insubordinates him, it is something that we need to evaluate in terms of prosperity. I believe as a governor, I should be able to sack the deputy because of insubordination. That is my view. I am sure we captured it in the report. I hope that we will be able to look at the interests of the people of Machakos and the people of Kenya. We do not want to always talk after people have lost their lives. At what point do we intervene as leaders? Do we wait until people lose their property and then say: “If we had done this earlier then several people would not have lost their lives or if we had taken care of what people talked about to the run up to the elections of 2008- --"
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