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    "content": "things around credibility. Why do I say so? I say so because if, for example, the former Chairperson of the TJRC had been courageous enough to say; look, I am the Chairman of this Commission but issues have been raised against my personal integrity. The matters that we are supposed to deal with are matters that are very grave and critical to Kenyans that I would not want to stand between the people of Kenya getting justice and reconciliation. I am innocent and therefore let me step aside and allow this process to go on”. This country would be so much better today. Time has come for public servants, people who serve in the public realm to know that public service is not a right, it is a privilege. Two days ago, the Japanese Minister for The Economy, Trade and Industry resigned because she was accused of spending campaign money on matters that were not related to political campaigns. I think she had bought some earrings and makeup. She was told that campaign funds were not supposed to be used to buy makeup. That is a person who is being touted to be the possible first female Prime Minister in the history of Japan. She has a very good potential and I could see it. I read her speech and she said: Look, I am innocent and I want to focus on clearing my name. So she said she would step aside and let the issue be investigated. In future, going forward, I think we need some time to put the country above our own interest. That has been demonstrated very well in the case that I have just cited. Mr. Speaker, Sir, because I do not want to talk for long but there are two other things I would like to say. One, in spite of the President complying with the court, we were treated to a debacle. Two things come to mind, one, the court is telling Kenyans that it has no evidence and it wants the accused persons to go and look for evidence. There is no justice system anywhere in the world even where there is no rule of law where the rule of the jungle reigns – and I do not know which country is like that – there is no country where you charge an accused person and then you start collecting evidence. There is no judicial system where the burden of looking for evidence is on an accused person. This is what we are saying as Kenyans. If President Kenyatta or anybody in his administration is obstructing evidence, then they are committing crimes under the Rome Statute. There is a whole section of crimes called Crimes against the Administration of Justice. Instead of the Prosecutor playing to the gallery – if somebody is obstructing evidence – she should issue warrants of arrest, arrest those people and lock them in. I think it provides for a jail term of up to five years. We have gone through the full circle of theatrics from ooh, we will set an example, then it became ooh, we have a mountain of evidence. It then proceeded on to become an issue of people obstructing evidence. He said that people were obstructing evidence and being bribed. Who is bribing them? Tell us! Strangely enough, even in the case against Joshua arap Sang and the Deputy President, His Excellency William Ruto, the witnesses themselves were the ones saying; 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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