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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenneth Matiba was one of the first billionaires of this country. He had some of the most flamboyant five-star hotels in the South Coast. Kenneth Matiba, to be today suing for Kshs9 million, is a statement to all of us who wish to be remembered in this country, as having fought for justice---. It is a statement that we should not just sit there, but come out and stand up to be counted and ensure that he is paid; and so should the others who did not and cannot afford to go to court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the injustice is so serious that even some of it went against communities. In those days, because of the so-called the act of the State, the Chief Executive used to just award land to senior military officers, members of the then Provincial Administration and communities mainly from the Coast and Rift Valley, whose land was being taken away and given to friends of the Executive, could do pretty little. It, therefore, calls upon me to request the leadership of the country, that in instances like when you go out and give title deeds to, say, the people of Coast Province, please, as you do it, do not do it the way that you are doing it. First of all, start with an audit and find out how much land that particular person or persons might have lost. So, it is a mockery for you to give somebody a title deed for a two acre piece of land, when this person and his family, for example, the Maasais, were driven out of a ranch that might have been 200 or 300 hectares. We have to do this carefully. Mr. Speaker, Sir, because my time is up, I want to conclude by mentioning the families of Dr. Robert Ouko and Josiah Mwangi Kariuki. These two people died in a very similar way. They lost their lives through a bullet. One body was thrown in a forest in Ngong. The other one was found in a forest in Got Alila. The bodies were mutilated so as to destroy any evidence. I know for a fact, being an African polygamist; and that Dr. Ouko had Christabel as his wife, but he had also another lady who was then called Ogembo, according to the documents, and they had children. Where are those children of Robert Ouko? The DNA of a prominent man like Dr. Robert Ouko is gone. These are the things that we have to take seriously, so that we are seen to be addressing the plight of the weak. Mr. Speaker, Sir, since Kibaki had told them that even if it took 100 years, whoever killed J.M. would be found, and he has come out of leadership after 40 years, the family of Josiah Mwangi Kariuki wants to be assured that the balance of 61 years---"
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