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    "id": 1198017,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1198017/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Turgat and belonged to the Kaplelach age-set of the Nandi. For the benefit of the House, the President belongs to the same age set as Koitalel’s, the Kaplelach age-set. Even though he was the youngest, he was reportedly close to his father and displayed the greatest ability in understanding prophetic signs. Koitalel Samoei succeeded his father at the age of twenty-five as the Orkoiyot who was the supreme spiritual and political leader of the Nandi people and were traditionally from the Talai Clan believed to be chosen by God ( Asis). He prophesied about the coming of the British and the railway, which he revealed to the people as a snake passing through the land of Nandi spitting fire. It took little time before the British arrived and Koitalel rallied his men in fighting and resisting the construction of the railway through the land of Nandi. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Samoei led the Nandi people in resisting the British fearlessly though they had no guns. They strategically attacked and stole railway construction materials when the British least expected. They resisted them for twelve years. On 19th October, 1905, a number of years ago, a British Colonel named Richard Meinertzhagen tricked him to a meeting to negotiate a truce where Koitalel Samoei was shot dead. Koitalel’s head was chopped off and taken away to the United Kingdom (UK) in London together with his weapons where they are up to date. The skull has never been returned. Koitalel’s death marked the end of the Nandi resistance towards the British. It is after the death of Koitalel Samoei that the Talai clan and the Nandi community suffered serious injustices at the hands of the British colonial rule such as mass murder, detention without trial, forced evictions from ancestral land, confiscation of property and other serious abuse of basic fundamental human rights also captured by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Charter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Koitalel Arap Samoei is among the Kenyan super-heroes and pre-independence legends who fought for their communities’ land, freedom, spiritual well-being of the people and the independence of Kenya. They include: Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi, Mekatilili Wa Menza, Bildad Kaggia, Harry Thuku, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga--- We are lucky that the son of the scion is in the House, the Senator for Siaya. The others were: Paul Ngei and Ole duma, a Samburu hero. Once again, we are lucky that Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe Ltumbesi, our Deputy Majority Whip, is in the House. On 31st July, 2021, the United Nations Council wrote a letter ordering the United Kingdom Government to make public apology and compensate the Talai Community of Kenya for horrendous violations of their rights. The above circumstances are a clear indication that the rights of Talai clan and the Nandi community were grossly violated. On that premise, it is worth to note that when I was the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, this House adopted a Report on Talai Historical injustices. That Implementation Report was supposed to be transmitted to the Government of Kenya, the Attorney General’s Office and the National Land Commission (NLC) to work on repatriation and re-writing the wrongs that the British Government committed. We call upon the Government to expedite the implementation of all reports touching on the violations of the right of the Talai and the Nandi people at large and any"
}