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    "content": "By the way, I finally got persuaded that the lady, Mrs. Gatuguta – whatever her name and description is, but at the end of the day, I would have wanted somebody from Elgeyo-Marakwet, so long as he is a Kenyan, to be involved in a process in Makueni County. It is not a Makueni problem, because the problems in Makueni will reflect in the rest of the country. If there is a problem in Siaya, including in the lake – and the lake includes an island called Migingo – what affects the people in that small island called Migingo affects the entire nation of Kenya. I am glad that even on this issue of Migingo, you will find Kenya as a whole has been saying that, that issue should be determined. So, all parts of Kenya are an integral part of the territory of Kenya. Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the things I like about these appointments that have been made is that it is looking at Kenya as one indivisible nation. For example, when I see people like Taib being appointed, whatever their political affiliation is, I am happy because we are trying to involve everybody. I am saying from the Floor of this House, the Jubilee Government should make sure that every Kenyan feels that Kenya is one. The best way to make sure that Kenyans feel like we are one nation is when you make some of these appointments so that no one part of the country feels excluded. Exclusion sometimes can be worse than tribalism or even racism. Even in a family, if a member of the family feels excluded, then you will have internal conflict within the family. I am not trying to go into a subject that is not yet ripe and moot before us, but even something like the appointment of the Inspector-General (IG) or the Commander of the Armed Forces, make Kenyans feel that this is a Kenyan thing. I do not want this country to feel like if the Chief Justice (CJ) is a Luo and he retires or dies, then it will be forever a Luo problem; that you must have another Luo there. Just like if Dr. Mutunga goes, if we take the example of the IG, we will expect the next CJ to be somebody, not from Ukambani, but from Kitui."
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