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    "id": 1072464,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "purposes of holding and getting an opportunity to graze their animals in those forests and not to do farming activities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the hope they had was that post-independence, their concerns were going to be addressed. Their concerns were not dealt with in 1932. In the Swynnerton Plan 1954, their concerns were not dealt with. Then Independence came and their concerns were not dealt with. We came to the second liberation of this Republic. We even had a new Constitution that captures the interests of the minority and marginalized communities. However, still you have communities like the Elmolo and Enduros have a judgement that was given by the African Court of Huma Rights that has not been implemented. Sen. Orengo who was the Minister of Lands when this judgement was achieved promised the Republic that he was going to ensure that there is a full implementation of that judgement but what happened? The major interest and the people who took land post-independence are very powerful. In the case of the Enduros, for example, the very powerful politician who sits in this House was already occupying the land that people were supposed to be settled in. In the case of all these other communities in the Mau and all those places you know that their land went to powerful individuals as Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at mentioned about both in Eastern or Western part of the Rift Valley. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are dealing with a systemic disease and a problem that I really agree with Sen. Dullo that this should go to the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Huma Rights Committee. We must have a proper report that captures the real problem and human rights violations that these communities face. When I went to Mau in 2018 after the ‘Handshake’ - I know Sen. Sakaja issued a Statement that I should apologize to the President - I spoke about the plight of the people who were evicted in a very inhumane manner. I was told that I must respect the President. However, I knew what I was doing. We were willing to sacrifice positions of power and authority because we believed in human rights and the rights of the marginalized. We must do something in the Senate for posterity."
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