Nairobi County Senator, Edwin Sifuna has sought a Statement from the Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the neglect of the families of the five freedom fighters who were imprisoned in Kapenguria together with the former President, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta during the fight for the country's independence.

The Committee is required to state the factors that contributed to the prolonged non-disbursement of pensions and benefits to the families of the five freedom fighters, stating measures that can be taken to rectify this situation; and outline the steps being taken by government to ensure that the distinguished contributions of the five freedom fighters are appropriately acknowledged and honoured, in line with the recognition bestowed upon their peers and colleagues who actively participated in the struggle for independence.

Sen. Sifuna wants the Committee to state the existing plan or initiatives aimed at indemnifying or providing compensation to the families of the five freedom fighters, as well as other heroic individuals who endured financial hardships due to the prolonged absence of their primary providers during the fight for independence; and lastly explain why the principle of "𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑", as espoused in the preamble to our constitution, has consistently been applied selectively and not on all freedom fighters.