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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, they are eating into my time. I want to request colleagues that you will have time to contribute. You can then bring those issues. But if it may serve you, the same Report that you are referring to has been rejected. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to read to you a statement from the Judge about Wallace. The Judge said:- “He may have died without winning compensation that he so hard sought. But Gichere has left a legacy of a fighting spirit that was not cowed by the might of State machinery.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will remember that - you were a Backbencher then like myself – whenever we would walk to Jogoo House, Wallace used to sit in a wheelchair on Harambee Avenue, facing the Office of the President. You could pass Wallace and another day go and find Omutata has chained himself on a police post. These are not jokes, but serious issues which, as a Senate, the Upper House of this Republic, must confront and address. Mr. Speaker, Sir, through this resolution, I beg that the Government be forced to honour those awards and a total audit be done. This is because the majority of the people are not able to afford the legal process of getting justice. The majority of the 1982 youth who participated in the coup de tat have either become drunkards, mad or died because of being denied a livelihood. I have the distinction of having had three relatives affected. One of them, my brother-in-law, died and the other one was retired prematurely. He was a captain of the Kenya Air Force. The other one was an aeronautical engineer, my own elder brother, the one that I follow, Capt. Khalwale. So, these are real issues. If it does not prick you, just go through the daily happenings in the country. You will find that as late as the week before last, there were two former employees of the 1982 Air Force who have approached the court. Last week, a man in Kitale called Alexander Barasa went to the High Court. Yesterday, Kenneth Njindo Matiba went to court. If you are the age of somebody like Sen. Daisy Kanainza, you might get confused when we mention Kenneth Matiba. But if you are the age of G.G. Kariuki, you know who Kenneth Matiba was. That was one of the most vibrant leaders of the Republic of Kenya."
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