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• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: That is with a light touch. I understand what my colleague, Hon. Duale, is saying. All I am telling them is to engage their authority. Fear is a very bad thing. Members of the Committee, particularly those from the Central Region whose people have suffered for decades and decades, fear to discuss. Why was there the Mau Mau Rebellion? There was the view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Rebellion because our people were being moved from their ancestral land unlawfully. You even have a Committee Chair who is from that area and whose people are also affected. He fears authority. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me tell you that we fear Baba, but we reason with him. On this particular issue, Baba even called me because the British called him. I told him: “ Baba, you love Kenyans. You are the only non-tribal politician I know in Kenya. Let me deal with this issue.” Baba backed off. I told him: “ Baba, do not talk about this. The ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I have heard him mislead the House. The same Article he is referring to talks about diplomats and foreign affairs mandarins dealing with rape and land cases. That one The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: can handpick civil servants to sit without a framework to deal with the wrong things done to our people. Hon. Chairman, I would like to address you for a minute, you are a Chairman of Nyeri Town--- view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is the Member for Tetu which is the heart where Mau Mau was bred. What were these people fighting over? This is the opportunity to sit them down even if we do not get it now. He is the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and there is a President from your area. He should think about what happened to his people. What happened to us in 2007 was because of the pressure raised by lack of land and resources taken away from our people. How can a House of Parliament ... view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We have been asking the British to give us remains of our hero, Dedan Kimathi. They recently admitted that they killed him. We are only asking for his bones. We have been asking for compensation of our Mau Mau veterans. Why is this so difficult? view
• 19 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We are playing politics with the British. You are playing your politics badly. You are selling the rights of your people. view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. There is something going on in our midst that deserves Parliament to pronounce itself. As we speak, we are having a problem with quorum because Members of Parliament cannot get to town. view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you see your co-speaker, Hon. Cheboi, has just come in and he has told me that he was caught in a traffic jam. Yesterday, I left my home at 5.30 a.m. trying to get to town by 6.00 a.m. and I ended up getting to Parliament at 10.30 a.m. But even with that, after going round and round, I ended up parking my car near the railway to walk to Parliament. Is it a hostile takeover of our nation? What is happening? Last year, at the height of the issues of The Hague, we used to make a ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The Police Department should use the Traffic Act. You cannot put roadblocks without them being gazetted. At the very least, why have they not gazetted even in the ordinary newspapers the roads that are going to be closed? It is so hard to get here. Who is going to pay for the economic effect for the days the Israel Prime Minister is here? As a Parliament, we cannot be so insensitive. I admit and agree that it is good to do business, but it is insensitive of this Government that on the eve of the end of Ramadhan, on Idd, ... view