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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lesuuda",
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        "legal_name": "Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that I am catching the Speaker’s eye now. What we heard earlier is nothing close to what we are hearing now. I know that what we are hearing now is what many had in their minds only that they did not know how to bring it up. That is why I rose on a point of order to interrupt Sen. Khalwale, when he was moving the Motion. The fact that we are young does not mean that we have not followed the history of this country and that we have not been interested in the heritage of this country. Personally, I have been. With regard to this Motion, we have followed those who fought for this country during colonial times. We have also followed the history of those fought for the freedoms that we are enjoying today with regard to the new Constitution. This is not just about politicians. We also have journalists who were beaten up after they had recorded information for us to see the clips and read. We watched Rev. Njoya being beaten. We have also read about the coup; we have seen the clips regarding it; we have seen the victims suffer and that remains a controversial issue to-date. There are those who have written books about it, for instance, our former Prime Minister. He has written history about the coup and several other people. We were running away from discussing this point from the word go and that is why we talked about the colonialists and Kenneth Matiba whom we respect. After the amendment has been brought, that is when we are discussing these issues. I beg to support the amendment that we deal with the heroes of this country who fought for our liberation. I wish I had spoken earlier about these heroes. We have to commend the heroes and their families who have continued to document what they have been going through. It is unfortunate that the only thing they have is the anniversaries. Every year, the J.M Kariuki family has an anniversary celebration to remember. They have been launching books and we need to give them a break. I think that is the spirit that the Motion of Sen. Khalwale had. That is what we need to uphold in this House. We need to deal with Matiba before his sunset days. I want to support the spirit of this Motion."
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