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    "content": "Constitution, we must fundamentally change the way we carry out business. For one, I am very happy with what Parliament is doing now. That trend that we had in the old days that anything goes, be it corruption or anything; that age has gone. Right now, if any Kenyan is hurt, we must be given an account immediately because this Constitution says that the sovereign power of the State belongs to the people. The power that we are exercising as an Executive is delegated by the people of Kenya. The Constitution is very clear that even the judicial authority of the State is delegated to the Judiciary by the people of Kenya. Once you hurt any Kenyan, you are undermining the authority of the State as constituted under the Constitution of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with my colleagues in the Cabinet; that if we do not have a full account of what had happened and heads rolling--- Under the International Crimes Act that we have passed, which is part of the law of Kenya today – and the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security said that the operational date is from 1st January last year – what is important is not the policeman who has carried out this assault. What is important is the person who is in command. If the person who is in command cannot give account of what his men are doing, then we have the culture of impunity developing. So, in this one, let us not blame the policeman who carried it out. It is the full accountability, including myself. In fact, at the beginning, I said that the responsibility is not just the Minister responsible; it is for the whole Government to give full account. This is a matter which in some countries can make even a Government to resign or if it does not resign, it can be asked to step up. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support."
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