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    "id": 610545,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/610545/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2940,
        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "One of the elders that suffered so much is the father of hon. Nickson Ngikor, who is here, Mzee Mekede. He suffered and lost most of his people to the British. My grandfather, Mr. Kokoi Lolel, also suffered. Up to now, I do not know where the British took his body. Hon. Wangamati knows the old man. The British Government has not brought him back and I am demanding that they should bring them or otherwise, I will provide an invoice to the British Government to compensate for that. We have elders in Turkana South who were with the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta like Mzee Napetet, Mzee Ejore and Imana. They are so many and I have the list. They all suffered and even their reproductive systems were interfered with. I do not know how we are going to cost that, so that we ensure that they are compensated maximally. This is to prove that all Kenyans participated in fighting for the fundamental freedoms as stipulated in our Constitution. These are the people who made us to access that freedom. We must regard them with dignity and respect. If we do not respect them, it will discourage the current generation. We should compensate them. We do not know what will happen. Suppose a war breaks out? There is the international law and we need people who can fight for this country. So, if we discourage those who fought for freedom, how will we ensure that the current generation will maintain the freedom that we have? There is fighting for freedom and maintaining it, which are two different entities. So, if we encourage the people who fought for this freedom, we will be encouraging the current generation to maintain our freedom."
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