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"content": "House, to bring in the issue of historical injustices. Sen. G.G. Kariuki’s Motion has nothing to do with historical injustices. We are simply urging the Government to settle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Why should we mix up this issue with the matter of historical injustices? Mr. Speaker, Sir, we all know that when the eight leaders who sat at Serena Hotel, after the post-election violence, amongst the many good decisions they made was that we should create the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC). When the time comes, I am sure the TJRC will have something to say about historical injustices. In any case, even the Commission, in its own wisdom, decided to limit its mandate to only the period after independence. When Senior Counsel, Paul Muite, took the UK Government to court over the mistreatment that was meted on the Kenyans who fought under the Mau Mau Movement, he did not trace this to 1895. He limited this to a short period. It is my submission that we allow Sen. Ndiema a different day to file his Motion. We should let this one pass. Sen. Ndiema will convince us and we will support him. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in support of Sen. G.G. Kariuki’s Motion, it reminds me of three particular incidents; in Ngombeni Location, Mombasa, Kitale and Banita Settlement Scheme. All these cases are pathetic. You see how poor Kenyan IDPs are ignored by this Government and the two other previous governments. When you visit Banita Settlement Scheme, you find that we have indigenous Tugens. There are also Kikuyus, Luos and Luhyas who were working on the whiteman’s land. Before the white man left, he allowed them to take possession of his sisal estate. But rich people, politicians like us and senior civil servants, have moved in and taken possession of acres upon acres of land that was meant to be settled on by these poor Kenyans. Since the rich man; a politician and senior servant is a Kikuyu, for example, when he takes over the land, he then causes the Kalenjins at Banita Settlement Scheme to have hatred against the local Kikuyu who has nothing to do with that person who has settled from Nairobi. We have to address this issue with sobriety. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in Ngombeni Location in Mombasa, we have only a road dividing Ngombeni with the beach plots. The beach plots on the left, as you are going to South Coast, have title deeds. They are properly delineated. But in Ngombeni Location, where the indigenous coastal people live, and this is where the Chairman of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) comes from, they do not have title deeds. When they ask for these title deeds, whoever it is that is the spokesman of Government says those people from Ngombeni are diehard criminals when all that the youth are saying is: “Just like you gave the up title deeds for the beach plots, also give us, the indigenous coastal people, our title deeds in Ngombeni Location.” Now that we have a Senate, a House of sober men and women, that can rise to the calling of a nation rather than to the calling of a region or ethnic community, we must speak, so that we end the nonsense of noise in Mombasa County by making sure that the justice that they are looking for is given to them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know who will save Kenyans from politicians. From the period tribal clashes started in this country, there has always been the hand of politicians. In 1992 and 1997, the tribal clashes that were ably described by the late Kiliku were because of political interest. In 2002, when former President Kibaki was overwhelmingly elected as a people’s president, there was no post-election violence. In 2007, because Kibaki was no The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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