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    "content": "Council has never entertained the AU petition to put this matter in deferral until we are able to find a solution. That is disrespect, condescension and an abuse to our sovereignty. There are other countries in Europe, North America and South America with so many abuses of human rights and other things. However, because they are not African countries, they are beyond what can be taken to the ICC. We do not condone impunity or crime against humanity, but what we cannot stand is that even when there is no evidence, we are still told:- “You must appear before us.” Those who went to The Hague saw that there was absolutely no reason for the President to be asked to go there. This is so because in normal parlance in the legal cycles, a status conference is what in the High Court of Kenya would call a summonse for directions. This is where lawyers go to decide and agree on the way forward for the cases of their clients and do not go with our clients. However, if a court was to show that it is very powerful and can summon presidents, particularly when the case has no legs to stand on, they summon our President. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was a great show by our President; shading his own presidency for 48 hours and leaving an Acting President, so that the sovereignty of the more than 40 million Kenyans would not be compromised. That must be respected. It also showed something great; that the presidency is the presidency. It also showed the bond between our President and his Deputy President; that together they have a long way to go. We have a journey travelling together until we achieve the goals that we want to achieve as a nation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the knife of justice or sword of justice cuts both ways. The false witnesses who now go to The Hague wearing masks, so that we do not see them, one day, sooner than later, should be unmasked so that we can see the people who chose, maybe through coercion from others, to agree to sell the sovereignty of our country for 30 pieces of silver. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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