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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Motion is so important because this morning when I read a newspaper and saw that hon. K.S.N. Matiba has sued for Kshs9 million, I almost cried tears because that would have been loose change for him. He is now suing for Kshs9 million for the suffering he has gone through because of this country whereas others have benefited from the largesse of those kind of people not monetarily, but we can sit here now and talk about our nation the way we are doing right now. We should be ashamed of ourselves. I think it is time we started looking seriously even about that Act of Parliament that was brought about to honour the heroes and heroines of this country and also thinking about this seriously and being ashamed that hon. K.S.N. Matiba can go to court to talk about Kshs9 million for the suffering that he went through. I am not only talking about hon. K.S.N. Matiba, but the people I truly admired and respected like the late Martin Shikuku, Sen. Orengo and all those that I saw on that green Toyota Hilux Pick up, whose owner I knew because I was acting for him. I went to look for the pick up from the Nairobi Area police station and I was almost locked in because of going to ask for its release because it was being held for having ferried people who were talking about the new liberation. I know Sen. Murungi can remember this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think it is important that we look into this matters and almost legislate them so that there is no confusion when we talk about these kinds of situations because for Sen. Haji to stand up and say what he said, I felt pity when he apologized to Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for having stood up on a point of order because that is great. Even for a duly elected Government to say that they are sorry for the wrongs that they did and they are going to make amends, we know we cannot amend fully what we have done wrong monetarily but we should stand up now as a nation, a people and a Government and say that we are sorry for what we did and we ought not to have done it, and we appreciate the work those great heroes did for this country. I wish to support this Motion. It may require a bit of touching up here and there because of the wording, but in its totality and as pertains to what it is addressing, I fully support."
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