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    "content": "a clear verdict to allow the President, Deputy President and Joshua arap Sang to continue engaging in their responsibilities and duties, as citizens in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the kind of co-operation that our country has given to the ICC is commendable. For the Government of Kenya to share intelligence reports and critical information with the ICC, it is a clear testimony and demonstration of the highest level of cooperation that any country can give to the ICC. Therefore, it is important that the prosecutor and the entire mechanism at the ICC do not engage in utterances that seem to suggest that the country has not cooperated, when it has given the ICC the highest level of cooperation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the work done by the Attorney- General of this country. He has presented the Government position at the ICC, communicated clearly and even educated the ICC on our own constitutional processes and legal mechanisms, so that the ICC is properly advised on how to proceed in terms of seeking some of the information that they think the Kenyan Government should share with them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on several occasions, looking at the Attorney- General of Kenya canvassing and giving his position, sometimes the court has demanded some of the things in a manner that imagines that Kenya is a banana republic where you can just get things done in whatever way that you want them done. It is important for people to know that whereas we have domesticated some of these international instruments, we are still bound by our Constitution and legislations. Therefore, any credible international institution must conform to our Constitution and follow the legislations that exist in our country in terms of seeking the co-operation. It would be unconstitutional for our Government in this country to break some of the regulations, legislations and constitutional provisions, just to facilitate the ICC in some of the demands that they make. Therefore as a country that is governed by the rule of law, the ICC needs to study our Constitution and follow the existing legal and constitutional mechanisms, to obtain whatever information that will help them facilitate and expedite the cases before them. This will ensure that the three Kenyans are cleared of the cases only handled in whatever nature they want. We need speedy delivery of justice. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the process of reconciling Kenyans in this country began immediately after the post-election violence. Some of us have participated in numerous peace building activities within our region. The Rift Valley is one of the regions that were affected heavily by the post-election violence. It is a shame that the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) which was an internal and local mechanism that was expected to help us to undertake the reconciliation processes, turned into a circus that we all know. It is unfortunate that up to now, the TJRC report has not been tabled before this House. It is important that our country looks at that report. We know that there were a lot of misgivings in the way that the TJRC handled its processes, but we need to expedite the process of tabling the TJRC report within this 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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