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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when it comes to land, because there are some areas that some of us would like to propose changes, we have Parliament and we can always enact legislation to amend some of these things. We need not go to Naivasha or Kabete. Parliament is here. We have got a responsibility and the right to do that. I am aggrieved somehow because there is legislation here that says that any grievances on land--- It is said that people who are aggrieved will not bring their complaints which were before 1963. For example, this is with regard to the way the British treated the Maasai. We are told that we cannot forward our complaints; that it is passed. We have been told that we have been locked out. For Godâs sake, we should have Parliament establishing a commission to deal with the historical injustices in this country. That commission should go into these matters properly. They say in the history books of this country that the Maasai actually faced the biggest rip off in British colonial history, especially with regard to land. We lost one million-and-a-half acres. It was annexed with the power of arms. We never got an inch back when the British went away. We never got any compensation or reparations. This is why I say that Parliament can still be effective even in making small adjustments like the one they would make with regard to restoring the rights of the Maasai. So, to say that we should do this and that just because two individuals feel that they are very important and that they can bring change to this Constitution without the people of Kenya who are out there and not being consulted, is wrong."
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