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92Translator: We should make a new beginning in this Constitution because we are poor and independence has not benefited us,it has benefited the rich.Lucy Wanjugu: Nokio andu aitu maigirwo barabaraini makiaga gwa guikara. Tondu thirikari nditwiciiragia.Translator: The squatters problem should be solved.Lucy Wanjugu: Na nikio andu aitu makite mabarabaraini.Translator: We have squatters on the roadside who have no land.Lucy Wanjugu: Ni undu ucio, thirikari itwicirie muno andu aria maroigire ati ni megutwiciriaa ta inyui mukite gutuandikira.Murore na tha cianyu muno wothe ithui nikuhinyiririka twahinyiririkire. Twanengerirwo wiyathi na watuikire kindu gia tuhu hariithui.Translator: That Commissioners we look up to you to assist us to make a new beginning in this country. So that our labourcan be beneficial.Lucy Wanjugu: Twakiruagirira ki riria twari githaka ta nii?Translator: What did we fight for if we cannot reap the fruit of independence?Lucy Wanjugu: Na macio manini, ndiri maingi nguongerera makinye hau. Thirikari ithii ituirio tondu thiirikari iria ikuo ni yamikora.Translator: That we have a government of crooks.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Pigieni mama makofi. Peter Wangondu.Peter Wangondu: Ngwaria na gikuyu. Commissioner mwene giti na aria angi mena o nindamugeithia na nindoiga niweganiundu wa gutucerera nigetha mumenye Maundu maingi.Translator: Thank you Chairman Commissioner and the other Commissioners for coming to listen to us.Peter Wangondu: Niundu ucio. Hindi iria kwarikitie guthio ruraya. Aria mari kuo moigire indo ciandu niikugitirwo.

93Translator: That the Lancaster Constitution….those who attended the Lancaster Constitution wanted the property peopleprotected.Peter Wangondu: Angikorwo ciatuikire niikugitirwo ri na riu turimaga kahawa tutikona maciaro makori, ciana ciitu onamatingirikia githomo na njira njega tondu ithe nimathinire aria maruiiriire wiyathi. Na amwe riu kinya ciana imwe ciatuikiremacokora guku.Translator: That our property is not being protected because we grow coffee for which we are not making any benefit.Peter Wangondu: Angikorwo nitwaigiire na thirikari iitu na ta muthuri Kenyatta athiiaga agatuira ona gwatuika nii ndiguagagithungu wega. Oiga ga ati tukuruira self-government.Translator: According to the Lancaster Constitution, we fought for self-governance.Peter Wangondu: Angikorwo self-government iyo tweragwo ni muthuri ti Kenyatta ri ati ni maundu maitu ri nigetha twehererioucolony ri. Niuru muno tucokete kuria thina oriria turi na thirikari itu.Translator: That it is very sad, after independence, Kenyatta told us he was going to give us self government and thirty, fortyyears down the line we are getting poorer even with our independence.Peter Wangondu: Na riu nikuri mundu wiriga gucera guku oimite thiini wa bururi wa Arab. Akiuga Kenya no iheithionayenderie mabururi ma nja.Translator: That some guests came from the Arab countries and said that we could grow enough food to eat and to selloutside.Peter Wangondu: Na riu ona nginya ciarihwo, ithui ene tutirahuna na tutiireka ona tutirona na kuria irathii. Natutimenyaga. Riunitakuonania uhoro wa Kenya watuikire no andu anini marihunaga aria angi makuage na ngaragu.Translator: That the farmer is not catered for by the government. The government does not care for the farmer.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Excuse me. We sympathize with the problems. Can he be frank by giving us some solutions. Whatsolutions does he want? We can sit here and lament and cry for wasted years but let us now look for solutions.

92Translator: We should make a new beginning in this Constitution because we are poor and independence has not benefited us,it has benefited the rich.Lucy Wanjugu: Nokio andu aitu maigirwo barabaraini makiaga gwa guikara. Tondu thirikari nditwiciiragia.Translator: The squatters problem should be solved.Lucy Wanjugu: Na nikio andu aitu makite mabarabaraini.Translator: We have squatters on the roadside who have no land.Lucy Wanjugu: Ni undu ucio, thirikari itwicirie muno andu aria maroigire ati ni megutwiciriaa ta inyui mukite gutuandikira.Murore na tha cianyu muno wothe ithui nikuhinyiririka twahinyiririkire. Twanengerirwo wiyathi na watuikire kindu gia tuhu hariithui.Translator: That Commissioners we look up to you to assist us to make a new beginning in this country. So that our labourcan be beneficial.Lucy Wanjugu: Twakiruagirira ki riria twari githaka ta nii?Translator: What did we fight for if we cannot reap the fruit <strong>of</strong> independence?Lucy Wanjugu: Na macio manini, ndiri maingi nguongerera makinye hau. Thirikari ithii ituirio tondu thiirikari iria ikuo ni yamikora.Translator: That we have a government <strong>of</strong> crooks.Com. Keriako Tobiko: Pigieni mama mak<strong>of</strong>i. Peter Wangondu.Peter Wangondu: Ngwaria na gikuyu. Commissioner mwene giti na aria angi mena o nindamugeithia na nindoiga niweganiundu wa gutucerera nigetha mumenye Maundu maingi.Translator: Thank you Chairman Commissioner and the other Commissioners for coming to listen to us.Peter Wangondu: Niundu ucio. Hindi iria kwarikitie guthio ruraya. Aria mari kuo moigire indo ciandu niikugitirwo.

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