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    "content": "you are promoting has not been able to put in place those structures that enable the people of Turkana to live in peace. The Turkana people have been forced to defend Kenya at the borders of Kenya and Ethiopia and Kenya and Sudan. That cannot be called a democratic and peaceful process. Therefore, in my view, we want a change of government. Hon. Members, I also want to mention to you that; the fact that these Members are not here today does not mean that they are less Kenyans that you are. They simply have a different view that we want a different government and not the one that you are supporting. They are simply Kenyans like us except that they have a varied view and that should be respected. If we talk about the sovereignty of the people; people should be left to think the way they want to. Of course, we can convince them but we cannot force them or we cannot for example, demonise them by saying that they must be bad Kenyans or they do not want to work for their people. It is not that way. It is just that they have a different view and that is why they are not here today. If we are going to have elections again for the president, I hope that we are going to have fair elections where Kenyans are going to be allowed to vote willingly for whoever they want to vote for; not cajoled, not forced and not bribed to vote for anybody. All of us and Kenya will be better off than if we just put somebody in that position that many other people do not want to be. That is the reason why the country is divided. We think that there is something wrong in the current Government and we want that to be corrected. We cannot be forced to agree by saying that we all have to vote in the same way. That is the meaning of democracy. Mr. Speaker, I do not know if erred by not saying “Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker…”. That is what I wanted to say. I may have forgotten a few other things, but I still have time in future to say what I want to say."
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