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    "id": 492467,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, now my five minutes begin. Before the President talked about the issue of the ICC and his visit to The Hague, he mentioned some few issues, especially what the Government has done in terms of security in the country. This is a very important issue. However, in the security sector, there is need for more legislation to provide some synergy and co-ordination. This has gone to the extent of the President’s security. The President demonstrated the fact that he is a true Kenyan by saying that he does not want to put the 40 million Kenyans on trial. He wanted to travel to The Hague as an individual as Uhuru Kenyatta and not as the President of this country. By so doing, he also respected the African Union decision that a sitting Head of State should not be put on trial. I am among those who accompanied the President to The Hague although I did not hand over my sit to any of my members of the county assembly. For all of us who sat in that courtroom, none of us can say that there is evidence at all against the President. Even the investigation that the prosecutor did was so much shoddy, according to its presentation. I remember the prosecution saying at one point that the President must go back so that it looks for evidence. The prosecution was saying that the President must co- operate to get some incriminating evidence against himself! That was laughable. Many Kenyans who attended the court to stand together with the President saw that there was no need for the President to be paraded in the ICC just because of an issue that even the lawyers would have handled. In his Speech, the President also said that Kenya has an obligation as a country to respect the international treaties and laws. That is the reason he travelled to The Hague. We, however, need to relook at these international treaties afresh. The Motion we passed The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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