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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the investigator of the ICC, the famous Ocampo, never did any investigation. We, as a country, gave him all the respect. He came here, enjoyed and we showed him our animals thinking that he was doing the work, but he came here as a tourist. Finally, he pronounced the names of the six individuals claiming that they were the ones with the greatest responsibilities. If investigations had been carried out very well, I do not think the minimum threshold for ICC would have been met. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to say that neither the President, hon. Uhuru Kenyatta nor the Deputy President, hon. William Ruto, were seeking for presidential votes. They were just in the team. How they picked the two and, subsequently, others, who I believe they were escorting the two, was purely political. Some people sat somewhere, crafted a deal and said they have to get rid of these people so that some preferred candidates be in the ballot box come 2013. Thank God, He is there and He is overall. You cannot defeat God. The wishes of our God are there and that is why today we have hon. Uhuru Kenyatta as the President of the Republic of Kenya and hon. William Ruto as the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. There were so many people who said that there are consequences. They made a lot of allegations. Surprising enough, the same people today are inviting and dining with the President and the Deputy President because they have known that they did not succeed in their game plan. Therefore, even the invitation or the summons to the President to appear before the ICC, to me, it was just pure politics. The ICC wanted to prove to the world that they have the power and they can do anything to our African leaders. I want to thank the President for saying that he would obey the summons. I also thank him for convening Parliament to pronounce the decision that he was going to The Hague as Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. I believe that Bensouda and her team, who were pushing this case, were surprised by the decision which our President made. I really congratulate him for that. He went there, sat there throughout and there was nothing. They would have proceeded with the status conference without even summoning him to appear. This shows that ICC look down upon us, as African countries, and more so as Kenya. That calls upon my earlier statement that we really have to think as leaders to pull out of the ICC. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some people thought, I will pronounce here, that the President should not have summoned Parliament to make that decision, but I think it was a wise decision to announce to all Kenyans. We, both the Senate and the National Assembly, represent 40 million Kenyans. I do not think there was any other better forum than Parliament. Therefore, his convening Parliament and his pronouncements are welcome. To those friends of mine from the Opposition who attended, I congratulate them. I really thank them. 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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