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    "id": 610477,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "I also want to thank President Kibaki’s Government for having released him when it took power and honoured him. I also thank Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) for nominating him to come and move such an important Motion. It is true that the matter which was filed by the Mau Mau victims did not capture everybody because, apparently, at that particular time only certain persons were following up the matter. I want to thank hon. Muite for doing this. It ended up being an out-of-court settlement. The agreement in the out-of-court settlement went further to say that any other victims who may be identified and are alive could be compensated. It means, therefore, if we identify these victims--- Every Member of Parliament here is aware of such people in their constituencies, including myself. I have people from Makueni Constituency who participated in the Mau Mau Movement. They were injured and some still limp. When this compensation was awarded they were left out. I believe we can prepare a tentative reasonable list. We have many other people even from Mbooni Hills, in Mbooni Constituency, where Muindi Mbingu came from. His family was never compensated. Only a street in Nairobi is named after the famous Muindi Mbingu, who was part of the people’s struggle. He was really mistreated by the Britons. Many other Kenyans died in this fight for Independence. This agreement can be varied accordingly now that many Kenyans died. Their widows and children are still suffering. That is the general mechanism used by courts when awarding compensations. When somebody dies in a road accident, their beneficiaries can be compensated. It means that those who were killed by the British Government, their beneficiaries, that is their widows and children, who had been born at that time, should be compensated. On top of this, God has kept many of these victims alive. It is surprising to find that some of these very old poor people have been left out of the Ministry of Labour’s initiative of Pesa ya Wazee . These injustices are still ongoing. I will be taking up the matter with the Cabinet Secretary concerned to make sure that all Wazees, who were left out of the court case against the British Government, and are now also left out of the"
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