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    "content": "History is going to judge us harshly for ignoring and sweeping this matter under the carpet, simply because we are comfortable and sitting on different sides of the divide. The only constant thing in this country will forever be the law. That law irrespective of time, will be enforced. If you read the Waki Report, particularly on Naivasha, it mentions very specifically what transpired. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a sad day because truth, justice and true reconciliation can only come if we, as legislators, can offer leadership to this country. We should not celebrate about something that should not be celebrated because it is embarrassing that we can have Kenyans in Netherlands accusing other Kenyans and causing a charade, as if post-election violence was a comedy. As we read this speech, I do not know why all of us were so worried, because a status conference is just that. Maybe sometimes we should read the law. There was no reason for all of us to panic and leave our homes. Some people could not even eat. We must find solutions that will help us. If you drive somewhere in Rongai, Nakuru, the true picture of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is there. Those people live in mud huts with blue iron sheets. We have segregated them so that we forever know that these are IDPs. In our family farm in Nakuru, our workers call them wakimbizi . This is not a good term to refer to your brothers and sisters. It is an embarrassment. We must show those people that they did not have to be displaced from their own homes and lose family members. I am aware of people who were very close and neighbours who lost their lives. I am also aware of people who came to our family farm and collected livestock. These are true issues, but what we are doing here is what I call lip-service. We are just being nice and flowering these things. However, I want to say without fear of contradiction that there is nothing good about what happened in 2007/2008. It does not matter which political divide that person came from. Whether it is before God or the courts of this country, justice should be truly served to the people who lost family members or do not know where their relatives went. There are also those who took money and went all the way to a European capital to lie. We should subject those people to true justice, because they have failed this country and created a mockery of Kenyans. We are better than that and should say so. It is not because the case is against the President, his Deputy and Mr. Sang, but it is an embarrassment to have people doing what they are doing in Europe. They are laughing at us. Maybe people should read what the late Judge who refused to confirm the case against the Kenyans said. What Judge Hanns said when he refused to confirm the cases against Kenyans represent what we should have done as a country. This is because he said that these crimes should have been tried in the Republic of Kenya, because they do not meet international standards and thresholds. That remains a fact because we are back 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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