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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to also contribute to this very important Bill. Let me start from the outset by thanking the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs for his efforts and commitment to these Bills. We need real justice provision in this country; I am certain that the formation of this commission will now start that process. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the concerns that the new commission will address itself to is on the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). These are people who have really continued to suffer; they are unsettled and it is high time their plight was addressed. They should be removed from dilapidated tents where they are not able to take their kids to school; they are even not getting enough food. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, another area that I think needs to be addressed by this commission is the Mau Mau freedom fighters. These people really liberated this country and up to now, their contribution and service to this nation have not been appreciated at all. These people are aged and sick; they are in their twilight years. It is, therefore, important that this commission should also address their glaring concerns. They need land, or somewhere to rest when they pass on. It is important that I recognize that the Minister for Lands the other day talked about doing something about them. He should be able to fulfill the pledge that he made during a public meeting. We have seen how criminals are treated in the streets of Nairobi. Blood-letting has been the order of the day. We are not doing justice to criminals. It is, therefore, important that the CID does its job well so as to investigate and apprehend criminals and take these people to the courts. If they are found guilty, they should punish them according to the law."
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