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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday, I interrupted the Senate Minority Leader, who is also my leader from western Kenya and I respect him, because I think the issue of respect of institutions must be upheld. If we need to see that happening, then we must show an example. It is from this Senate that we will get people who will vie for Presidency of this country. Therefore, one will need respect when that time comes. As I speak, we, as Kenyans, need to uphold the rule of law. We must respect the institutions created by our Constitution. It is unfortunate, the way some of us play political games on this issue. In 2007/2008 all of us were in this mess. We know that the Tenth Parliament pushed us to The Hague. We should ask ourselves how Kenya can come out of this mess. It is sad that we have continued politicizing the whole process. We have decided that the ones who are there are the ones who were the perpetrators. That is very wrong. With the new dispensation, it is time we focus ourselves positively on how we deal with these issues. The Senate must be an institution that will take Kenya to the next level. Kenyans are looking upon us and believe that they can find sanity within the Senate. However, if we get out in rallies to play political games, we will have lost it. Kenyans want to see us transform and help the President in developing this country. He talked about Vision 2013 which he would like us to realize together as hon. Members of this House. We all produced a blue-print and believed in it. That is why we are called the Upper House. However, we might lose it, if we continue with those kinds of politics. It is important to talk about it without fear. We are losing it as the Senate when we point fingers to different institutions without giving respect to institutions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, His Excellency the President has turned the image of this country to a better one. Today, you can go abroad and be proud to be a Kenyan because of His Excellency the President. His Excellency the Deputy President has ensured that they are firm together. They have given us advice that we should not walk the talk of ethnicity and that we need to change. The Senate is a House that can bring that change, but unfortunately, it is the one that flourishes ethnicity. If we are not careful with the words we use in the rallies, we might fan ethnicity feelings in this country. When the President handed over to his Deputy for 48 hours the reason was to bring Kenyans together."
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