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    "content": "What we witnessed yesterday at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters and in court where I was representing the six accused who are my colleagues in the CORD coalition was disgraceful. I want to condemn, in very strong terms the treatment of Hon. Members of Parliament whether in Jubilee or in CORD in such a manner. What we have now is that Hon. Members are being treated with indignity that does not behoove a Member of Parliament. The title “Honourable” or “Senator” is not just a title that we buy from the street. We do a lot of work as representatives of the people but what I witnessed yesterday and today does not behoove that police should treat Honorable Members in such indignity. The fact that hate speech is one of the charges that has been raised, which is a misdemeanor, does not mean that they are criminals. The way Hon. Members were treated, including taking their finger prints, was like they were criminals. We know that in this country, the law is very clear that somebody is innocent until proven guilty. I condemn the stories that we are hearing in the grapevine that they have instructions from above. We want to know who the people ‘above’ are, who are making Hon. Members to be treated in such a manner. Finally, I want to say that this country belongs to all of us. Kenya belongs to 42 tribes. Let us not trivialize these issues because they can escalate to something that we cannot be able to control. Thank you."
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