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    "content": "never have suffered the indignities that they have suffered in the history of this country. The colonial Government would close West Pokot and move in the army which would rape women, beat and kill people. The ICC would have been there to protect those invalids and innocent. Now that it is there, you will never see such things happen. Everybody knows that it is there and will come for you. Even those of us who want leadership know that you cannot conduct your affairs recklessly. That is why today, you see even some of our brothers in South Sudan might end up there. I have talked to my friends there and they say that the things that are going on may find some people indicted. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at Africa, you have a sigh of relief. As a student of African politics, apart from being a lawyer, I know that today Africa is conducting its affairs differently. Today, we do not have presidents in Africa who can send tanks to roll over a village because it does not support him or it opposed him. It will not happen, thanks to the ICC. That our President is unfortunately there, it is the way it is. We wish him well. Let him go through it and come back. However, I will not stand here and denounce and renounce the ICC, call it names and develop a short fuse such that every time a name is mentioned, I jump up as if I am being electrocuted. That is not how to debate in this Chamber. Let us debate soberly. Listen to me and I will also listen to you. I do not have to say what pleases you. I only say what I believe is the right thing to say. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the address to the two Houses was misguided, unnecessary and a waste of time. It is even a bigger waste of time to bring a Motion to debate that address, when it related to a purely personal matter that has nothing to do with the nation. This is because the President of Kenya is not indicted. It is one Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta who is indicted. He rightly said that he was going there as an indictee and person. So, who are we to say that he was not, when he already acknowledges that he was indicted as a person? That is what it is. I think he is doing the right things and we hope that Kenya will go through this phase. I want to caution some of the statements I hear from some of our colleagues here. For example, you heard the Seconder of the Motion speaking in terms like we who are seating across here are controlling the process of The Hague case. This is idle talk which is unnecessary and reckless because we have got no interest in pushing anybody into the mud. I have practiced law in this country for the last 32 years. I have acted for the good, the bad and the ugly. So have you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. A lawyer will always stand to defend the interests and the legal protection of the client; nobody is guilty until proven so. That remains the same whether you are the President or a villager in Korogocho, Pokot, Bungoma, Mombasa or Laikipia. They are all equal before the law and we shall remain 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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