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    "id": 493135,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Haji",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to our culture, we do not wail or cry. If we are bereaved, we just pray for the deceased, but there are people whose culture is wailing, making noise and dancing. We leave that to them. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I applaud His Excellency the President for the historic and very bold move that he took, first of all, to address the nation, to allay any fears that Kenyans had. As the Head of State, he demonstrated that he is a real leader who can take the bull by the horns. By addressing the two Houses and willingly going to The Hague, he clearly demonstrated that he is not a coward or guilty of any offence, despite the fact that he has been accused by people who wanted to distract his leadership. For the last 18 months that he has been in leadership, he has also clearly demonstrated that he has the interest and wellbeing of Kenyans at heart. He has traversed many parts of this country and inaugurated projects in spite of the heavy load which has been placed on him by the case at the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is very unfortunate that even amongst us, Kenyans, there are people who are very happy inspite of this unfounded allegation to find somebody in trouble. Some of those people will hug you and call you a brother in public and similarly they would stand in public and accuse you. This has happened before. It is very good that His Excellency the President took that decision because we all know that he is not guilty and neither are other Kenyans who have been taken to that court. This case should have been terminated together with the ones for Amb. Muthaura and Gen. Ali because the accusations against them are not different from the accusations that are being made against the President Uhuru and the Deputy President, William Ruto. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he has done well by being the first Head of State to voluntarily appear before The Hague based court. We know other Heads of States who have refused to do that. As the Senate Leader of Majority said, it is unheard of to expect an accused person to adduce evidence against himself. What Ocampo did and what the gracious lady handling this case is doing, is to change the burden of proof against the accused by the accuser by expecting the accused to do that. I am saying this because 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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