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    "content": "“ Najivunia kuwa Mkenya .” That will only happen if they feel that there is rule of law. The rule of law means that there is equality before the law. In this Republic, we want a person who does not have the capacity and financial wherewithal like you equalised by law. This is what I am urging this Senate to look into. I am convinced that the two years that were contemplated in this legislation was to ensure that before we got into an election, a mechanism was to be in place. This is because elections are used by us, politicians, to displace Kenyans for our own selfish ends so that we get votes and then leave people destitute. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other day, Sen. G.G. Kariuki asked: “What is it that will distinguish us? Why do we look like everybody else conducting business as usual?” We come into the Chamber, bow to you and then walk out. What legacy shall we leave in this Senate? Other than exorcising ghosts of Independence; that this Senate will not be disbanded like the first one, we must leave a legacy that will live way beyond all of us. That is law to deal with the landless of this Republic. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as the Senator for Makueni County, I have confidence that this Senate – the residence of the tyranny of good brains – is capable of doing the right thing under the law. We are famous for defending the downtrodden. This Senate has spoken without fear or favour about teachers; that they should be paid. There is no reason they should not be paid because there is money to pay them. These are people who take care of the generations that will come into this Senate. Why should we not say so when it comes to the landless, the downtrodden, people who fought for Independence and people who have lost their lives yet their children and their children’s children have never benefitted from land which is a valuable resource? Titles upon titles of rich men and women are in banks. They are developing themselves yet people of this country who have children in primary and secondary schools cannot take a loan to buy even a bicycle. The title to a land is the only thing you can give to a Kenyan for them to feel that Kenya is truly an independent nation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Community Land Bill proposed in this Senate would also not be useful if we cannot deal with the question of land injustices. We must incorporate into law a mechanism of dealing with injustices so that when we give communities land and a title deed, we would have provided a method before we give them a title deed to resolve land injustices. The bulk of the injustices happen in community land where people owned land from their forefathers. Since this is a very sensitive subject, the only thing that can save this Republic is not good governance, but good laws and a good Constitution. That is the saviour for this Republic. This is because time and again, we have elected people and governments which have turned against the people who elected them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I move this Motion and ask Sen. Sang to second."
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