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    "content": "on any theme of solving the problems of this country. The conversations are very cheap and it is sad. I want to tell our media houses that it is so unfortunate that when such a very historic moment occurred, the only way they looked at it was in terms of the loser and winner. They cheapened it so much. I was purportedly supposed to be the loser because, apparently, the former Prime Minister will now not be in a position where I will be attacking him every day. That was so cheap. Other political players that have been working with the former Prime Minister, the Deputy President and other people were mentioned to be losers. It is not a lose-win situation; we can build a nation of win-win. When we sanitise our politics we can have a win-win situation. We must not look at every event that happens in the country in terms of who will win the next elections. That is what was said by the President and the former Prime Minister; that this country must not focus too much as to who benefits from what event for the purpose of the next elections. That is really cheapening the discussion. The discussion that we must have as a country is about the problems that we have. We have issues that we need to solve. If this country is divided along ethnic lines, is it possible that the last elections and the elections before would have led to a gap that makes it difficult for brothers and sisters to interact, to visit any part of this country? This makes the politics of this country so dirty that one cannot possibly stand--- It reached a point where if Sen. Orengo had the intention of visiting Elgeyo-Marakwet County, I would only wish him good luck because I would not want to be seen standing with him. Likewise, if I were to visit his region, he would only tell me: “Good luck; I will not visit with you.” This is because the perception built in this country is that when people who are from different communities meet--- There was a time when the Deputy Speaker, Sen. Orengo, the Senate Minority Leader and I went to have some fish in one place in Hurlingham. I posted the picture on my Facebook account and the only question people were asking was: “Are you being pulled to the National Super Alliance (NASA) or are you pulling them to Jubilee?” We travelled with the Senate Minority Leader and were taking tea somewhere in Paris. When I posted the picture that I took with him, people were saying that Sen. Wetangula was coming to Jubilee. Others were saying that Sen. Murkomen was being ‘ naswad’ . That kind of thinking must come to an end in this country. The Citizens must be able to see that leaders can sit down, interact and discuss issues about this country. In fact, what has been very contradictory is that when we, Senators, travel, have meetings or are in a retreat together, the amount of knowledge that is exchanged across the floor is immense. The comradeship, the relationship or the tea we take together is not reflected out there. Sometimes when you look at your brother on television after you have had a good session in this House, you ask yourself if that is the same person you were with in the Senate. The doors that have been opened by that conversation must permeate all other sectors of the society. It should even permeate the church. During the elections period, a friend of mine told me that even in their own church people from different communities were sitting separately. These are the same people who are saying that they are going to heaven perpendicularly. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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