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    "content": "politicians who are making noise and telling people to go to the streets. Everybody is going to suffer. There was a problem in Rwanda where so many people died. We do not want that situation to be repeated in Kenya because it will take us backwards instead of going forward. We want responsible citizenry. That is why when a person is appointed in a big office in the Government; he should not think that,that office is his. He should know that, that office is for the people of Kenya and he should act responsibly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are some articles in the Constitution which are really not working for the people of Kenya. When we say that we want to make or amend the Constitution and that we want a weak President, what do we really mean? We either elect a President who is going to control the country, give him adequate powers to run this country or we do not change the Constitution at all! It is high time that we brought our brains together and thought of how we are going to amend this Constitution because failure to do that; we are going to have a problem in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are almost facing a constitutional crisis. If we go for the repeat elections, elect a President, then somebody appeals to the Supreme Court and we get the same decision, Kenyans are not going to be that patient!The opposition should also know that those in Government are not restraining themselves because they are cowards; they are not cowards!They are only doing so, so that we can have a peaceful country for ourselves and for our children in posterity. If they continue behaving the way they are behaving, the other Kenyans are going to be impatient and they may even come to a situation where they are going to regret why they are doing. This is because if there are problems, those problems will be for all of us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is incumbent upon the leadership of this country, including those elected, to ensure that Kenya goes forward and we do not go backwards. It is incumbent upon us to ensure that the standards of education go higher than they are today. It is incumbent upon us to improve our agriculture and build industries which our children are going to depend on. But instead of doing that, we have chosen the path of abusing each other. I would not imagine a young boy of the age of Hon. Babu Owino can abuse his own grandparents. He should be in Parliament thinking of more serious issues that can improve or develop this country. We should have a way of disciplining those who have gone amok like Hon. Babu Owino. We should also have a way of disciplining party leaders who are not living up to the standards of our country; party leaders who think that they are in the Executive when they are not and who are giving us ultimatums that they will not go for elections. I challenge them not to go for elections because they know the consequences. A President will emerge after that election and they should also know that we will not wait for them to be ready so that Kenya can hold elections. I support this Motion."
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