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    "content": "because they got Kshs300, 000 for all the suffering and the time spend in the forests fighting for the Independence of this country may not be sufficient. It may not be sufficient compensation, but that the British Government finally came out and said that they were sorry for what happened. What they did was wrong; they apologized and hoped that it never happens ever again to anybody in the world. This was a great expression and that was not satisfactory, but I am sure the people that were involved in this like Mr. Gitu Kahengeri, at least, can sleep comfortably knowing that those people realized what they put us through. We have got very great heroes in this country. I was there and I saw it at the Kamukunji during the Saba Saba days of the 1990s as a young lawyer and we saw what happened. At that time, I was a voter in a place called Mbiri Constituency in Murang’a County which is now called Kiharu Constituency which I had the privilege to subsequently represent as a Member of Parliament. My Member of Parliament was called hon. Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba. Hon. Matiba, amongst other people, were the ones who said, enough was enough, He said this alongside Messrs. Martin Shikuku and Charles Rubia. There were also other great people from this country. I also saw Sen. Orengo on that green Toyota Hilux Pick Up which belonged to a client of mine. We all saw these things and it was not a small issue at all. I saw my Member of Parliament and that is maybe why I went to politics because I had a role model. This was somebody I could look up to. He is somebody who believed in his country and in his people. I also know that he was a very well to do businessman. He was very astute and principled. He earned money through sheer hard work. He went to politics because he believed he could help change this country. What happened to him and those other great heroes of this country like the late Martin Shikuku? During the Ninth Parliament, I know those who were with me including Sen. Murungi, Sen. Wetangula and others will remember that that is when my former Member of Parliament started being tribulated by banks taking over his property and also selling his schools like Hillcrest. I remember issuing a Statement from the precincts of Parliament with the support of many Members of Parliament and I am sure Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale signed that petition."
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