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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to congratulate Mr. M. Kilonzo for the work he has put into this Bill and start by saying that I strongly support it. As I support this Bill, I am reminded that Kenyans have come a very long way. On that long journey, we have had very many sad moments. If this kind of law was there, I believe Josiah Mwangi Kariuki would not have been assassinated like a dog because he was fighting for social justice. I believe that Dr. Robert Ouko would not have been assassinated because he was fighting corruption. I believe that Tom Mboya would still be an old man living in this country if the issue of human rights was respected. For this and many other reasons I strongly believe that the Bill of Rights in our new Constitution which we are now giving effect to, is actually one of the many reasons why Kenyans overwhelmingly supported the introduction of the new Constitution. It is the reason why Kenyans continue to celebrate the new Constitution. Therefore, this House cannot fail them. We must give them this piece of legislation, so that their hopes are actualized. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I was a small boy at the University of Nairobi, I do not know whether I should say with nostalgia, but I remember that early morning in August, 1982, when we left the campus and went to the streets because we wanted to expand the democratic space in this country. It is sad that as we left Hall 4 with my brother Titus Adungosi, we all went out there, danced in the streets, did what we did, came back to the hall, we were chased away, but after arrest, Titus Adungosi was murdered. I hope that the TJRC will be true to its name and calling and ensure that the death of Titus Adungosi is addressed with the weight that it deserves. I also wonder what history will write about the chiefs who for one and a half years, after we had been expelled from the university because we were fighting for expanded democratic space, jailed us at chiefs’ camps where we used to go and work like slaves. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Parliament must remember the work that the current Speaker in the Chair did. However, we must also remember that we have other politicians who are not lucky enough to be in this House, who did a lot of work. I remember as a member of the NCEC one evening when Prof. Kivutha Kibwana, former Member of Parliament of this House in the last Parliament, came to address people in Western Province. Later, we had to cover him up so that he looked like a woman; we then took him to the Akamba Bus, so that he could come back to Nairobi at night. These are gallant sons of this country who we must really honour. Before I forget, I also want to celebrate hon. James Orengo. I remember as members of Mageuzi, there was a day when we wanted to go to Busia to address people there with hon. Orengo, hon. Mukhisa Kituyi and the late hon. Enock Nyankieya Magara. Our vehicles were taken away from us and we walked on foot for 30 kilometres to reach the rally so that we could address Kenyans there."
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