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    "id": 372790,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/372790/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 116,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1909,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
        "slug": "samuel-kamunye-gichigi"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have heard the answer that has been given by the Attorney-General through the Leader of the Majority Party and in my opinion, it is insufficient. Being a son of a Mau Mau fighter, I am looking at a situation where my father and people of his level of education and economic position are being told to go to Britain to get further information on this issue. When my colleague, hon. Kanini Kega, sought the information, I thought the Government would supply it. We pay taxes and pay ambassadors in foreign countries to help Kenyan citizens. The Government would have got its officers in Britain and got information that can help the Kenyan citizens. Legally, when a suit is filed by a few individuals on behalf of others, it may bar further claims from being filed by other claimants. They are supposed to have been enjoined in that particular suit. Telling Kenyans to file another suit against the British Government may not be the way to go. So, the Government should go back there, use our officers in Britain to get the information and give sufficient information to Kenyans. The Government should create an office to help the Mau Mau veterans. It is important that we get further"
}