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    "content": "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. They include, Sen. Musila and Sen. Mwakulegwa and others for responding to the President’s summons. Those who deliberately chose not to attend, to say the least, that was childish and immature. I wish they were here because they have been contributing. How do you contribute on a Motion which you mentioned that you did not want? I want to call upon them to be mature enough. I have been in the Opposition for the last 10 years and I remember disagreeing with the former President Kibaki. However, that did not constitute missing a meeting in our constituencies. We would attend meetings whenever he visited us because he was the President of the Republic of Kenya. Therefore, I hope my colleagues will style up so that next time they can be here when the President comes so that they can criticize the speech."
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