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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Koyi",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": "Masinde Wa Nameme wa Dini ya Musambwa. It is in total poverty. If you see them, you can even cry. Their children have never gone to school because of the trouble that they went through. We need to have the face of Kenya when something like this one comes up. When hon. Paul Muite and other lawyers raised the issue of the atrocities committed by the British colonialists against Kenyans, they should have compiled a list of all the affected people from all the tribes across the country – the people who suffered during the fight for freedom. It was not members of only one or two tribes that suffered. If you read the independence struggle history of this country, you will come across a Turkana tribesman called Kokoy, who died in Rusinga Island and whose body has not yet been found. There are other Kenyans like in Malakisi, Lumboka and Chetambe, whom I know died in 1948 while fighting for the freedom of this country. The genocide that our people went through at that time should be checked. Hon. Wangamati, I thank you so much for coming up with this good Motion, and for thinking about Kenyans from other tribes as well. People like Jean-Marie Seroney from the Kalenjin community in Rift Valley Province suffered. The Maasai warriors could not be left behind when the war came. We know that the Samburu people are fighters. Kenya should have a memory all the time. The other day, I was in Namibia with Beatrice. They keep their documents in the archives and museums. Kenya assisted them during the struggle for their independence. The first Government Land-Rover was given to President Sam Nujoma by President Moi. They still remember and thank the Kenyan people for helping them during their fight for freedom. So, our country also needs to have the same. Let us not just forget what happened during the fight for the freedom of this country. I was in Namibia serving under Kenbatt 1, when we were trying to keep peace there, and fighting for them to get freedom. The Members of Parliament I was with were excited and happy to realise that Kenyans played a very big role, under General Opande, at that time. Therefore, our country should keep the record of those people who fought for the freedom of this country for posterity. We are losing the history of this country because we want to create the impression that it is only one tribe that fought for the freedom of this country, which is not true. Hon. Wangamati, thank you very much for bringing this very important Motion to the House. With those remarks, I beg to support the Motion and urge other hon. Members to support it."
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