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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would wish to see that this House actually goes beyond this Motion. I agree with the distinguished Senator for Busia – and I think that it is you who said – that we need to set up a fund to compensate the victims of injustices in this country. They are many. We can stand here and mention hon. Matiba, the late Martin Shikuku, the late George Anyona and the late Seroney. But there are those hundreds and thousands of Kenyans without an address, who equally suffered similar injustices. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will remember the Wagalla Massacre, where the Army moved in and mowed down people like flies. We have documents to this effect. We have had situations where there was a white policeman in this country called Patrick Shaw. He used to castrate young boys in the forests, torture and shoot people. Everybody knows this and the State must take the ultimate vicarious responsibility for the acts and omissions of its officers. That is how the United Kingdom (UK) Government took responsibility for roguish colonial officers who tortured our people here and paid compensation. Compensation is never adequate; it is the spirit and principle that we talk The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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