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    "id": 383781,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity. I like what my colleagues in the Senate have been saying that indeed this is the Upper House and this is the place for mature debate. This is a place where we should remove emotions from our debates, look at issues very realistically and in a practical manner knowing that our core business and the very fundamental reason why we are here is to ensure justice for all Kenyans irrespective of where they come from. It is from that approach that I would like us to look at this Motion. Nobody is saying that those who have suffered historical injustices should not be given one form of redress or another. We should remove that from this debate. We have too many issues in this country. Even within central Kenya, there are historical injustices which might require to be resolved. This particular Motion is talking about a specific category of people and indeed, there have been very many Motions like this dealing with certain categories of people. So, we should not deny those people their rights or justice because we have not dealt with other categories. We should be able to deal with some categories today and others tomorrow. Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of IDPs gained currency in this country after 2007/2008 post-election violence. There are people who were displaced in 1992 but we did not think of resettling them then. There are also others who had been displaced before. Do not forget about the mass displacement of the Maasai Community by the British in 1904 to 1911. A whole population was removed from Laikipia and brought to Kajiado, south of Rift Valley. Nobody has talked about taking the Maasai Community back to Laikipia because they were also displaced. They even went to court in 1914. We 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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