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    "content": "Onwards until the year 2010 when we gave ourselves the new Constitution, the question that should be ringing in our minds is whether the expanded democratic space that we have realised translated into useful, gainful values for our lifestyles, people, children, families, mothers and so on. We have had elections in 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2007-2008 then became the crescendo of what democracy will look like when turned into blood in the elections we held in 2013. Politics and politicians must take responsibility not only for their role but also the requirements and responsibilities bestowed upon an elected political leader by our Constitution. I say so because as we discuss this afternoon, this Motion affects the whole country; not only those that are discussing it here but also the children who are supposed to be going to school, sitting for examinations, our business people and mothers. Across this Floor, you will see the deliberate absence of Members of the National Super Alliance Coalition (NASA) who are the subject and reason we find ourselves in this situation. One would want to ask the question whether that is acting responsibly of elected Members of this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to say without fear of contradiction that history will judge Members of this House across the Floor on the NASA divide very harshly because it is not only abdication but it is intended to hurt the very electorate who have gone to the ballot box, cast their votes and given them the mandate to come and express themselves in this House. This country has eventually got to deal firmly with the question of whether we are doing ourselves right by creating a culture where one can intentionally and deliberately cause harm and loss to other Kenyans continuously over a cycle and continue to get away with it. Are we doing it right as a country with all our freedom, if at every given time one can go and own to up to situations? I want to say in black and white that the current leader of the NASA brigade, the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, is on record as having written a book and owning up that he was instrumental in leading the attempted coup that led to the loss of many lives in 1982. It is a documented record of ownership of an act that is not only criminal but one that caused the loss of lives of Kenyans. We must ask ourselves---"
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