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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, firstly, he has denied the allegations leveled against me and the other hon. Members. He must now table the allegations which Michael Ranenberger has manufactured or fabricated against me and, possibly, the other hon. Members. Secondly, we must have an apology. There must be an apology because the young people or children who read newspapers today, at the ages of eight, nine or 10 years, who see my name or face on the television, accused of being a drug peddler, 20 years from today, they will still view me as such. The House must protect my integrity and that of others. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are three arms of Government. When a member of the other two arms is touched they are always up in arms. When a member of the Judiciary is touched they are always up in arms. We, as Members, of the third arm are under the Speaker. The Chair, therefore, has a duty to protect us from these attacks. It is so painful that the Chair cannot rise and stop this heinous and inhuman attack of character. You do not know how serious it is when you are going outside the country with another hon. Member and when you are entering maybe, Europe or Britain--- There are two entries; red is for those who have something to declare. Green colour, you have nothing to declare. As you are following your comrade to pass through the entry for those who have nothing to declare, but since your name is indicated in the computer that you are one of the Kenyan MPs who are alleged to be involved in criminal activity, you are picked by the customs officers and taken to the other side. They search you even in your body cavities. They open your bags and search them, to find out if you have something there. It is a pity that Prof. Saitoti can sit here comfortably and stand here to make some useless statements. The professor has come out clear. If he wants to use us as his bid for the presidency, I am sure that will not work. he must---"
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