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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No.232(1)(b), I hereby present to the Senate a Petition submitted by the members of Muindi Mbingu Memorial Ngelani Association who are citizens of the Republic of Kenya and residents of Machakos County. As you are aware, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution, and I quote - “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation.” The salient issues raised in the said Petition are as follows - THAT, the Petitioners have a membership of over 800 people and are residents of Ngelani area in Machakos County. THAT, the Akamba people who are residents of Ngelani area suffered historical injustices dated back in 1938 at the hands of the British Colonial Administration and continued to suffer the effects of the same up to now. THAT, the historical injustices include, detention without trial, economic crimes through the forceful confiscation of cattle, unlawful detention of their leaders such as Muindi Mbingu and unlawful administration of collective punishment such as forcible labor under extreme conditions. THAT, around 1938 the colonial administrators started confiscating cattle belonging to Akamba people of Ngelani area in the pretext of livestock disease control. THAT, the community had relied on cattle as a source of income and as a means of paying dowry and other cultural rites. This confiscation of cattle greatly interrupted exercise of the communities’ cultural rites especially marriage. THAT, the confiscated cattle were later taken and slaughtered at LEIBIGS, a predecessor of what is now the Kenya Meat Commission, this greatly impoverished the residents of Ngelani area and the neighboring communities leading o systemic inter- generational poverty in the area whose effects are still felt till date. THAT, the issues presented in this Petition have been raised with the relevant bodies including the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights but the issue have not been addressed. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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