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"content": "(Ms.) Martha Wangari, and I did not want to interrupt her, when she was saying that her community has been demonised for long because of false information about them being favoured. Of course, it is a fact that her community gets a lot of appointments, perhaps because they are the majority in the country. So, it goes without saying that they will get most of the jobs. But even so, that is why the National Cohesion and Integration Act acknowledges that we will have majority tribes in terms of population, but we must be inclusive. Otherwise, which countries will other communities go to? When we were agitating for change in this country, we actually called for secession at one point. The reason for calling for it was because we were not feeling included in this country. I call upon us, as politicians, to deal with the issue of inclusivity. I do not care what form it takes, whether it requires us bringing a Prime Minister in this House or taking a hard stand. If we do not deal with the issue of inclusivity, we will go the way of several other countries. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Lord has been gracious to us as a country, that whenever we have reached almost the brim, we have been saved. In 2007, when we lost 1200 people, the country still got back together. Recently when we were divided, we still had the handshake that has now brought us the famous BBI and through it, we are working to ensure that there is inclusivity in this country. I encourage those who love this country, including religious leaders, to stop fearmongering and demonising individuals but find ways of bringing the country together. If there is one person that has been over demonised in this country by religious leaders, it is one Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga. You would almost think that he is the devil. That is why our country is going on the wrong path. Instead of looking at the devil and dealing with him, they are equating Hon. Raila Odinga to the devil. Let them focus on looking for the lost sheep, bring them to the church and impart values in them. If they focus less on demonising Hon. Raila Odinga, this country will be better. Now, we have young girls going off the path because our religious leaders are off the path. Hon. Deputy Speaker, every sermon you see in churches today is about BBI and Hon. Raila Odinga. Some are even prophesying. These are the ones that the Bible told us that in the last days, you will see false prophets. They know that many of us fear talking to the church because we see religious leaders as close to God. May I tell you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am also close to God because the Bible says that in the latter days, each of us will deal with God directly. I do not need to go through anybody. Therefore, I challenge our religious leaders to unite the country; do not be the divisive voices. If you look at most of our religious leaders, so long as they have been given money through Harambees, they will prophesy anything that they want in this country and after that, they will come here and complain about politicians dividing the country. It is not politicians who divide the country. By the very nature of our profession, we always talk a lot and because we are always competing, the nature of our work will almost be divisive. So, there must be other people who should be uniting us but they are failing."
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