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    "content": "This time when we go for recess, I will personally take the time to educate my constituents of their rights to defend the Constitution. Article 3 and Article 249 is clear in terms of protecting the Constitution. It is important for us to realise that the quick fix that we are yearning for is not what is going to help us. We are going to destroy a great country. This is a fantastic country and we ought to think twice. When I looked at the calendar, I saw that it was designed in a manner that we will be away until 10th October 2017. When we come back we will pass certain legislations which are a quick fix or which I consider to be more like private legislation to support a particular interest. We are required in our counties to exercise our mandate, but let us not circumvent the law. Let us not hide and say that we are going there so that we can talk to our constituents and yet we are going there to campaign. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since we are going there to campaign, I assure you that you will see a lot of demonstration and many of NASA supporters defending the Constitution. I am very proud of people like Sen. Orengo and Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga because they fought for this nation. I believe you all know Rev. Timothy Njoya who was beaten up. It is sad that we are not interested in building this nation and being on the right side of history. We are only interested in a quick fix or widening the gap between the rich and the poor. I recommend this book to all Members; “ Why Nations Fail.” It is important because there is a thin line between the rich and the poor. When you look at Nairobi, for instance, if one lives in Kawangware and another in Lavington, the thing that divides the two areas is a wall. That is the same scenario that is talked about in that book; it is about two cities called Nogales, one in Mexico and the other in the United States of America. So, as we go for recess, I want to appeal to Members of Jubilee, who are the Majority in this House. Hon. Senators, let us think about these amendments that your Government, your party or your leaders are forcing you to pass. People pay taxes in this country and it is wrong for us to pay civil servants who, instead of them doing the work that they have been appointed to do; they are taken to the streets to campaign for one particular political party. I appeal to you that during this recess, you should think twice before you take this country back to the days when one could not say anything."
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