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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I think about what is going on now, I say to myself probably this is why we must appreciate that leadership is not an easy thing. This is the challenge to leadership at its highest level. When this House debated the issue of the eviction of the people from the Mau, it was because we wanted a better solution, and still preserve the environment. Today, when we are debating the issue of Syokimau let us not lose focus. Let us empathize with those families. Let us push the Government to be empathetic to those people, and ensure that the security of the Republic of Kenya is upheld. We always say in English - and I always read it in the newspapers of this country - that this was always a disaster in waiting. Are you saying that we should just sit here because we do not want to manage the problem of those people? We wait for the disaster of planes being shot at because of insecurity, and then say we always knew this was a disaster in waiting! It is important that Kenyans must be taught to know the difference between what is ours and what is mine. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, as Members of Parliament, when we talk about our friends and relatives we say, “That is mine.” But when we talk about the whole of Kenya we say: “That is ours.” Who will speak on behalf of Kenya? Do we want to slide back into the bad old days when KICC could be grabbed by an individual or a group of individuals? Do we want to slide back to the old days when one hon. lady stood out - the only one in Kenya - to defend Uhuru Park here? If the late Prof. Wangari Maathai had not defended this park here, we would today be debating the issue of people being moved out of Uhuru Park, because we would need our park. It is good to say these things at the individual level. But who will speak for Kenya? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I look at what is going on and I say: Probably, the culture of impunity in leaders of Kenya is now what is driving either co- operative societies, their leaders or individuals to just say: I will settle anywhere and nothing will happen to me. We want to help those people to settle but, as we help them settle, Kenyans must accept that what is not theirs should be respected if it is public property. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, I want to persuade the House to accept the following what were the choices to us as the leaders of this Republic. I do not care that I am an insignificant Back Bencher in this National Assembly. The option was: You were to choose between having the airport re-located or having the people who settled in that security zone re-located. What was easier? I move that we push the Government to compensate and move people from security zones. I support the Motion."
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