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    "content": "“Sovereign power under this Constitution is delegated to the following state organs, which shall perform their functions in accordance with this Constitution- a) Parliament and the Legislative assemblies in the county governments; b) the national executive and the executive structures in the county governments; c) The Judiciary and independent tribunals. Mr. Speaker, Sir, he came because he is an Executive in the national Government. For that reason, anything that may touch on the sovereignty of our people needed to be addressed. He mentioned that he received a notice that he was supposed to attend a status conference at The Hague. Everybody in Kenya and the region also learnt and heard that our Head of State had been called. There were so many people that were anxious and they did not know what was going to take place. Therefore, it was essential that the Head of State had to take notice and come and address Parliament so that any implication that people may have thought, could be cleared. He read the mood that there was some confusion and anxiety being played in the minds and hearts of the people of Kenya. Therefore, he needed as the Head of State to address the nation. There was no other better place than to come to Parliament. Every parliamentarian, in the Senate and the National Assembly was supposed to come there in their capacity as elected representatives of the people to listen to the President of the Republic of Kenya and not the head of the Jubilee Coalition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am happy that the Head of State was able to take us through the history of what transpired. He reminded us that on 15th December, 2010, four years ago, he watched in disbelief as his name was mentioned among the other five as one of the suspects bearing the greatest responsibility for the loss of the lives of the people that took place in the year 2007/ 2008 during the post-election violence. Six people were named. It reminds us of our history that in 1952 in a place called Kapenguria, the headquarter of my county, the famous six who became the liberators and the beacons of the nation of Kenya, were arraigned in court. Finally, they were tried and sent to Lodwar to start their jail term. However, out of the resolve of the six, the Kenyan nation came to being. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know what the magical number was and the figure that was associated with the number six. Somebody was trying to go around this six. Incidentally, the champion of the Kapenguria six was the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. Now his son, Uhuru Kenyatta was also among these six suspects. Whoever was trying to get some arithmetic to work for him or her, nobody knows why this was replayed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we know that we cannot close the history and run away from it. We lost lives as a result of our careless behaviour as a people of Kenya during that election. We are sorry that people died. However, from that time, we, as a nation, have walked to the extent that last year, 4th March, 2013, the people of Kenya consciously 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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