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    "content": "shall go back to another election, but he then removes himself from that very election. That is in complete disobedience to the order of the Supreme Court; that the election should be held on 26th October, 2017. Now that same person is trying to play the victim. I want to first of all congratulate Jubilee; from the President, the Deputy President and all the members. It is clear to the world and to us all that our President has abided by the rule of law. He has accepted to go back to the ballot. There are very few presidents in Africa, and indeed in the world, who knowing well that they got a majority of the votes in an election - a majority of more than 1.5 million votes - accept the decision of four judges to go back to a fresh election. Immediately the ruling was given, the President and his deputy started campaigning. While they have been busy looking for votes from the people, our opponents have been busy in press conferences. While we have been asking people to give us votes, they have been asking them to send them money through M-Pesa. They have now decided that they do not want an election. If these are not extraordinary times, then I do not know what can be termed so. I would like to tell the former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, that we will not allow him, more so in Nairobi, to kill the people he wishes to serve. We will not allow him to burn the country he wishes to serve as President. We will not allow him to destroy the future of the children whom he wishes to serve as President. We will not allow him to destroy businesses of the hardworking Kenyans whom he wants to serve. Apart from those of us who were born in Nairobi, everyone else who comes to Nairobi does so for the same thing; to make a living and pursue their dreams. The law provides that you can picket or demonstrate, but peaceably and unarmed. I am sure that those stones they are carrying are not accessories; they are weapons. The minute you are not peaceful, that demonstration should not last for ten minutes. Very soon the people of Nairobi will say enough is enough. The people whose businesses are being destroyed and savings are being thrown up in the air will say; enough is enough. Remember that when the pursuit of liberty upsets order, the pursuit of that order will forever silence liberty. We do not want to get there. I ask Hon. Raila Odinga and his cohorts: What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul? What does it profit a man to seek power and gain it, and then burn a country? It is absolutely nothing. We will be bringing legislation in this House to deal with picketing or demonstration, because the world over, they even provide places where you can picket and demonstrate. What the people who elected me in this City are going through today--- In fact, I stepped out there and found out that even some of the staff of Parliament are afraid to walk home. They are afraid of being mugged, beaten up or raped. Is that the country that we are seeking to be in? Is that the country that Hon. Raila Odinga is seeking to serve as President? We have restrained ourselves, as Jubilee, because we believe in the rule of law. If we decide tomorrow to also bring our young people in these streets, these people will have no place to walk. If we decide that people in all the counties around Nairobi, which are all Jubilee zones, including Nairobi, should come and retaliate - an eye for an eye - we will all lose our sight. Who will gain from that?"
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