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    "content": "too long before he recanted. He confessed that he perjured and lied because of being bribed. That is the same thing we are getting today. The biggest thing about this trial is that the witnesses who made it possible for the prosecutor to confirm the charges or make the indictment are the same ones. It was witness No.12 and another one who confessed that they were bribed to lie. This case should have ended at that point. What is the point of His Excellency the President coming to talk to us in Parliament? Two things come out. First and foremost, he came to Parliament as the President of the Republic of Kenya as allowed by the Constitution. I want to commend and laud Members of the opposition who refused to listen to the entities by their leaders to boycott the joint sitting of Parliament. They came because the President had asked them to come and listen to him. They also said that they were not going to pre-empt date because they did not know what he was going to talk about. I respect them and I admire them. I respect the fact they defied their leadership. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other important thing coming from the President’s Address was the issue of sovereignty. That shall go down in history. He said that he was going to The Hague not as the President of the Republic of Kenya. He did not want to compromise the sovereignty of the country and the 40 million Kenyans who had elected him. That is the point that most of us have missed this afternoon while talking about Article 147(3) of the Constitution. It says clearly that when the President is away or during any other period that he decides--- This is the period that the President decided that he was going to be a civilian for 48 hours so that he does not compromise the sovereignty of our Republic. That is what is contemplated in Article 147(3). He went as a private individual. What is sovereignty? I am shocked to hear some Senators talk about what we have done for ourselves in 50 years. It is a shame that a Kenyan can question our sovereignty and stand here and tell us that mzungus should continue telling us what is good or bad for us. Does it mean we cannot determine what is good for us? I am ashamed that there is a Member of the Senate who can talk like that. This is our country and we must be proud of ourselves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 1963, when we got Independence, he said that we may be poor and lack many things, but we are proud people who are proud our heritage. President Jomo Kenyatta in 1963, when we got Independence said – and I remember very clearly – that we may be poor and may lack many things, but we are proud of our heritage. That for me is talking about sovereignty. We are proud people; proud of our heritage. We must underline and underscore our heritage and say that what is good for the goose must be good for the gander. It cannot be that this ICC is a court which cannot listen to the African Union (AU) even for intervention, deferral and deferment, even after entities by Heads of State and governments of Africa. The United Nations Security 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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