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    "id": 407516,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "been addressed adequately, and we have even had displacement of people through either fighting over resources and fighting over cattle rustling. When it comes to other areas, like the area where I come from, the county of Trans-Nzoia, the Sabaot community was displaced by the white settlers in 1930s and some were sent all the way to Uganda. Up to today, they have not received any compensation. We have had brothers who moved in later on as colonial workers and they have settled there. We want to look at this Report and see that--- You know currently you might find that CORD coalition is complaining of tyranny of numbers. We who lived in Trans-Nzoia as the Sabaot, we have felt the tyranny of numbers right from independence up to today. This has been used by other communities to deny us the leadership. It is only in recent times that through reconciliation mechanisms we have been able to negotiate. It is high time for our colleagues in CORD coalition not to fear the Jubilee machinery that has subdued them; but they can also negotiate in areas that we think we can move together as a country and deal with this Report. In my county, many of our people have no title deeds; although they have been given land. These are problems that we face. Recently, when the President and his Deputy, through their Government, went to issue title deeds in the Coast region, some other citizens were also looking forward to receive title deeds. The Jubilee Government promised that it would issue 3 million or more title deeds. In these other areas, we will be able to get them. It is irresponsible for some of our leaders to utter that those title deeds are fake, considering that even the person saying that was the Minister for Lands at one time and also the Prime Minister who, at that time would have issued title deeds. We should not do things for political mileage; let us do things for posterity of this country. When you look at issues of, as my colleague hon. Bowen of Marakwet East has said--- About 15 children in his area were massacred and torched. I was the MOH in Baringo, and these are things that we are aware of. We had children being hit against the wall, when they came back for vaccinations. These are issues that we must be able to speak out very openly, ask for forgiveness and then we go the South African way, where people were able to talk out things and reconcile. I know it is difficult, especially when we are talking about loss of lives. We have seen political assassinations; we have lost J.M. Kariuki, we have lost Tom Mboya, Robert Ouko and other gallant leaders. But there are small people whom we may not have been able to mention because they did not get to the limelight. These are things that we should encourage Kenyans to come out and talk about. At the end of the day, Kenyans also want to look at issues that are being raised. Are they going to be addressed adequately? If they are not going to be implemented, do we have a mechanism by which we will be able to implement issues that have been raised? These amendments give us an opportunity to hold the Minister concerned accountable so that at the end of the day areas that he is not able to implement--- It also comes with timelines, that within this period of time, once the Report has been tabled, we will be able to report progress on the implementation of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission Report. With those few remarks, I support the amendment."
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