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    "id": 610518,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for the opportunity you have given me to contribute on this very important Motion. I want to take this opportunity to thank hon. Wangamati. Those of you who do not know hon. Wangamati, he is one of the few living legends of this country. Hon .Wangamati - as hon. Wakhungu mentioned - was even expelled from this country and lived in exile in Ghana because he had founded a movement called FERA, which he was the Chairman. I want to thank him. He is a hero and I want to suggest to this House that at the passage of this Motion, if all hon. Members could agree, we should form a Committee because most of the people are saying we know the people who fought for Uhuru; we know the people who are living in poverty. I know of cases because I come from western Kenya, for instance, the Sabaot of Mount Elgon who were living in the caves during the struggle. I know there was a curfew that was imposed on people in a place called Lugulu, Shiatambe, where people were killed during the struggle. I know for sure that the Nandi also took part in the struggle. The Pokots also took part and that is why the Dini ya Musambwa went as far as West Pokot. I want to, therefore, suggest to this House that at the passage of this Motion, we can have a committee where hon. Wangamati can be the Chairman to get the list of the people who were affected in various parts of the country. This is because right from Mombasa all the way to western Kenya, central, eastern and even Maasai land, there was a struggle. Therefore that committee, if allowed, can get the people so that we can have those people compensated."
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