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    "id": 423547,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "March 4, 2014 SENATE DEBATES 45 Sen. Muthama",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let us differentiate between these two groups of people. We have Kenyans who have suffered to liberate this country. Look at the Mau Mau; these people were still young. They were castrated and have faced all manner of mistreatment. They were killed and many of them died there. Muindi Mbingu died in that and Dedan Kimathi too. The sitting Government, the previous one and the first one have not thought about compensating the Mau Mau. We also have another set of Kenyans, the likes of Kenneth Matiba, the late Rubia and the late Martin Shikuku, who died as a poor person. These are people who agitated for the true cause of liberating this country. The murderous and killers wanted to take the Government by force. The whole Air Force was disbanded by retired President Moi. Those who were in the Air Force were running with guns everywhere. You could not differentiate who was working with the Air Force, their positions and capacities. Discipline must be instilled once and for all in this country. Anybody who attempted to take the Government by force – if we show slight recognition of such criminals – tomorrow, they will do it again. They will think that by taking the Government by force, they will not be losing anything and that they can be set free and even compensated. They will then go out with weapons that we have purchased to protect Kenyans to kill our people. Very many people died in this country; young and old. To talk about them, I want to ask my brother, hon. Khalwale, that if someone has been accused of trying to overthrow a government that has been elected, whether rightfully or wrong, we are guided by the Constitution. I want to recognize the Constitution which says that if President Uhuru Kenyatta does not perform, there is what we can exercise and show him the process of going home. However, how can we encourage our young people in the army to start running in the towns and we say that we will compensate? I support this amendment in totality."
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