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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Gataya Mo Fire",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, we have had a lot of debates about compensation across the board, both in the National Assembly and in the Senate. If we check our archive, quite a number of hon. Members have brought Motions on compensation. We had a Motion that was supposed to compensate the former councillors. That Motion was brought to the National Assembly 15 years ago. There was also a Motion to compensate the Mau Mau ; people who had lost their land, property and lives. There was another Motion to also compensate teachers. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know the seriousness we are displaying. We may end up talking a lot of English here with beautiful presentations, but some of these things will not end up anywhere. I congratulate my sister and mom, Sen. Kavindu Muthama, for coming up with this brilliant idea. The most critical part of this idea is to make sure we do the necessary follow-up. This Motion will require a lot of involvement because we need to bring many stakeholders on board. The target of the bombing was not Kenyans but the Americans living in Kenya. I have heard a number of Members say we had other attacks in Tanzania and other places at the same time. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is the responsibility of the American Government to ensure that the Kenyans who lost their lives, got crippled and maimed get their dues. I am sorry to repeat that we are discussing this issue 25 years down the line. This Motion is viable and will bring on board a number of stakeholders, even if it means going all the way to the America Government so that we pursue this matter conclusively. We have had a lot of empty talk on these commissions. Today, someone will bring a Motion for compensation and yet we have lost Motions on compensation of the Mau Mau fighters, former councilors and teachers. Madam Temporary Speaker, let us not create a House of rhetoric, where we just argue, make beautiful presentations and the issue dies just like that. This is a serious matter where we are talking about lives and it is not only this Motion. This country has lost many people through dubious circumstances. It is very important that this time round, we must identify the stakeholders who are supposed to make sure that we get these people compensated. Some of them died, but they left behind relatives and next of kin who may have lost livelihoods because the people who used to earn on their behalf died. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy because this will involve other Committees. Through your guidance, we can form an ad hoc Committee that will bring on board all the stakeholders so that we can pursue this matter conclusively and have these people paid as required."
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