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    "content": "Some of you were never even in politics or did not bother to listen to the proceedings in the Chamber. I was in the Chamber when we pleaded passionately with our colleagues not to send any Kenyan to The Hague. We insisted that we should have a local tribunal or process. We said that this was a Kenyan problem. Since Kenyans had died, we had to sort our problems locally in our own soil. But our brothers and sisters took us on. It is a pity that I am making my contribution when my honourable colleague, Sen. Keter, has left the Chamber. This is because I engaged him on the Floor of the House and pleaded with him personally. He told me to my face: - “Elizabeth, do not be vague, go to the Hague.” That was the slogan on the Floor of the House. Even money exchanged hands. We were defeated on that Motion a record three times. Let us be honest in this country. There are people who just have a Raila phobia. Anything that hon. Raila Odinga will state becomes poisonous. Just because he was supporting at that time that we should have a local tribunal and not send Kenyans to The Hague, to some people the other position became pleasant instantly. That is the truth. They supported The Hague process and sent our brothers to The Hague, when we were shedding tears. Do not forget that I actually feel the pain that our brothers and the President are feeling. Are you forgetting that in the first list of six people, I was one of the people who were wrongfully accused together with the President, the Deputy President, Dr. Sally Kosgei, hon. Balala and hon. Henry Kosgey. So, I am talking from a point of knowledge because I have walked that path. Do not also forget that I am the immediate former Member of Parliament for Kasarani Constituency which was a hotspot. So, the pain that I feel for having lost 100 people who I know personally and I can call them by name, including my personal driver who was shot in broad daylight with a packet of milk in his hands, is enormous. I supported the local tribunal in the Tenth Parliament and I am still supporting it now passionately. It pains me when some people want to look pretty and talk about things that they are not really feeling pain for. I am pained. I do not celebrate when my country is dragged before a foreign country, but honestly, we were not tied to the rope to sign that treaty."
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