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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. I want to take this opportunity to thank hon. Wangamati for bringing the Motion to the House and highlighting the issue of our freedom fighters, so that this House, and the nation, can have an opportunity to discuss it. I see this Motion as addressing issues of historical injustices. This is a matter which has been discussed at various forums. We should establish a task force, as hon. Wangamati has indicated; to look at all the other historical injustices and recommend what should be done. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in this connection, I do not know what happened to the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report on historical injustices. It is very unfortunate that as a country, there were times when we spent so much money, setting up committees and commissions to look into certain issues. A lot of time and money is wasted and nothing happens to the report of the bodies. The TJRC Report has been shelved; the issues contained in it are no longer being followed up. Maybe, in future, we shall set up another commission that will use public funds and nothing will come out of it. Recommendations in such reports need to be implemented. The Motion also addresses issues of equity and fairness. I thank and congratulate the people who took up this initiative – the likes of Gitu wa Kahengeri and the lawyers who took up the matter. To me, it is like a continuation of the fight against the injustices meted out on our people by the British through colonialism and other excesses that our people experienced. The fight should go on. We should continue fighting to get compensation as well as admission and apology from the British for all the excesses that were meted out on our people. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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