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"content": "embarrassing for that Kenyan to stand up and say that I was bribed to lie. We, as Kenyans, should be embarrassed that we have subjected this country to what I call ridicule before the international community. While those witnesses are confessing that they were bribed or intimidated, there is a gentleman in Naivasha who lost his family. Is that also a lie? What are we telling Mr. Ndege? I had the opportunity of representing the former Member of Parliament for Naivasha, the only Member of Parliament at the time who was subjected to the Kenyan justice system as a result of the post-election violence. What happened in Naivasha is despicable. The report by Justice Waki ought to drive we, the legislators, to tears, because there are people in this country who will never recover. I have heard Sen. Beth Mugo say that people have reconciled. You ask yourself the question: How do you reconcile a family member, like Mr. Ndege, who lost 13 people? What do you reconcile with that person? How do you reconcile when we do not have a person who confesses and says:- “Dear Kenyans, I was responsible. Please, forgive me.” Then, we can have true reconciliation in this country. I want to remind this country to record history. The Nuremburg trials of the Nazis have taken a lifetime. But the people who caused the atrocities have faced justice, even if it has taken a lifetime. So, as we congratulate the President for going to The Hague, like he should have, because he actually said that he would before he became President, we must go back to the drawing board. If we must have true reconciliation, we must first have truth and justice, so that we do not do what I call lip-service. There are members of my community, the Akamba, who were separated from their families, simply because they came from Makueni, Machakos and Kitui counties and were married to other tribes. Their children who had Kamba names were taken back to Ukambani and the rest left in other places. How do you reconcile those issues? History is going to judge us harshly for ignoring and sweeping this matter under the carpet, simply because we are comfortable and sitting on different sides of the divide. The only constant thing in this country will forever be the law. That law irrespective of time, will be enforced. If you read the Waki Report, particularly on Naivasha, it mentions very specifically what transpired. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a sad day because truth, justice and true reconciliation can only come if we, as legislators, can offer leadership to this country. We should not celebrate about something that should not be celebrated because it is embarrassing that we can have Kenyans in Netherlands accusing other Kenyans and causing a charade, as if post-election violence was a comedy. As we read this speech, I do not know why all of us were so worried, because a status conference is just that. Maybe sometimes we should read the law. There was no reason for all of us to panic and leave our homes. Some people could not even eat. We must find solutions that will help us. If you drive somewhere in Rongai, Nakuru, the true picture of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is there. Those people live in mud huts with blue iron sheets. We have segregated them so that we forever know that these are IDPs. In our family farm in Nakuru, our workers call them wakimbizi . This is not a good 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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