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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "content": "interests of the people of Somalia. The agenda is to serve the interests of the individuals within the neighbouring states. In the Kenyan context, one thing we must acknowledge as a country is that Kenya comprises of many tribes, including others which have not been acknowledged among the 43 tribes that are mentioned. However, we have forgotten that aspect of our history. What brought us together to share a common border was not by choice but circumstances that were outside the control of the 40 million Kenyans who constitute the bona fide citizens of the Republic of Kenya today. Today, that has been replaced by a new phenomenon called the biological nationalism. Biological nationalism is a product of regionalism and tribalism and trivialization of national issues to an extent that anybody who is not from my tribe is not fit enough to be called a Kenyan. Those are the issues that we must face. With regard to the people of northern Kenya, I want to go on record to say that if there is one group that has benefitted from the advent of multi-partism was that group. We did not know what used to happen. We have had massacres which have not been given any explanations. We had the Wagalla, Malkamari, Bulla Karatasi and Garissa massacres. All those massacres happened simply because there was no adherence to the rule of law. Individuals within the State gave themselves powers that were not confined to them within the Constitution, statutes or even under the law--- We have many sources of law. The first one is the Constitution. The second one is the Statutes. The third one is delegated legislation. The fourth one is the formal law and the fifth one is the international law. The sixth one is the presidential decree and the seventh are precedents or traditions. If you look at the basis of those massacres, you will see that they were completely out of the law. Today, we have a continuation of the stereotypes that existed. We have all been in this country. Have you ever heard someone being called a Kikuyu bandit? Have you ever heard of a Luhya, Luo or a Kamba bandit? However, when someone has features of a Somali, the next thing you hear is making hate speeches against Somalis. The next thing you will hear people saying is that he is a Somali bandit. That is utter discrimination and it should not be allowed to happen in modern Kenya. One of the things that happened recently was the illegal arrest and repatriation of people to Uganda, even after we had adopted one of the most generous Constitutions in terms of human rights. That means that what we adopted was just a piece of paper. I am not a lawyer but that, in itself, is unconstitutional, oppressive, capricious and illegal. The only message that we are getting is that someone somewhere thinks that our courts do not have the inherent judicial authority to try those suspects. Why were Kenyans arrested at night and transferred to Uganda which has a totally different judicial system? Those are the issues that we must stand to defend because we fought hard and used many public resources to nurture and get that document. That document must be accepted at all costs because it is the foundation and basis of the rule of law. If the leadership will not abide by the script in that document, then our acceptance of the new Kenya will just remain theoretical. I said that the crisis in Somali has been commercialized with regard to Kenya. First of all, it is unfortunate that the Republic of Kenya, as a front State which has more than 1,000 kilometers shared border with Somalia does not have a foreign policy with regard to Somalia. What is in place is an ad hoc one which is placed under individuals for their own interests and it has been commercialized. For the purposes of record, Kenya has invested a lot of resources in trying to bring peace and stability in Somalia. However, those attempts are riddled with individual interests. As we speak"
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