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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lomenen",
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "than those of the colonialists. Most communities have lost land, not because of the White people, but it is because of historical injustices that were caused by the neighbouring communities. I will give an example. If you are keen, you will note that this insecurity is being caused by the issue of land acquisition. Some communities have decided to expand their territories because they are imitating colonialists. This is neo-colonialism. They expand gradually and the original owners of the land become the second community. I want the leadership of this Senate led by the Senate Majority Leader, to be very keen and call a spade a spade. There are communities that have currently lost land, not because of the colonialists, but because of the conventional fights that are now happening. They started with cattle rustling and gradually advanced to land grabbing while searching for pasture and water. While grazing, when they find pasture in the neighbouring community they take it by force. They end up displacing the community that is currently living there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to ask this Senate to form a committee that will take time to set out boundaries because it seems that people have forgotten the boundaries that were set out by the colonialists. I would like to ask the Leadership of Senate to take time and remind the communities of their boundaries because it seems they have forgotten their boundaries. That is why we fight every day; people are losing their lives, land and property because of this issue of land dispute. I know the Kipsigis and the Maasai suffer this same fate. It is good to say the truth. As leaders, we suffer and bleed in our hearts. This problem of land is really painful, just the way my brother Sen. Cherarkey had said. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is happening is that we have Africa-centrism and Euro- centrism. We have been denied to use African perspective to judge ourselves. Instead, we use Euro-centrism perspectives to judge Africa-centrism. We were all created in the image of God. We subscribe to God and no one is better than the other. The colour of one’s skin does not matter; the content matters. If you analyze aesthetics, the study of beauty you will find that there is accidental and intellectual beauty. In accidental beauty, one does not apply to be the son or daughter of a parent. It happened accidentally. You found yourself being the son of either a farmer or a reasonable woman. It was not your mistake. You did not apply for it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we cannot apply the western perception to Africa. We have our own perception. I have to convince the whole world that the community from which I come from are the greatest scientists because they were the first ones to make spears out of nails. I have never seen any westerner use a nail to make a spear. It means that we neglect our natural intelligence for the sake of perception of imitation. Imitation is limitation. We have to capitalize on our perception and intelligence. It is something that I want the Committee to be sure of. It is true Kenya is a Republic. However, colonialists left, but the land they left us was inherited by Africans. Although Africans inherited the land, the status is unknown."
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