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"content": "It is a shame that this kind of a protocol is something that we have to discuss on the Floor of this House. This should be something that goes without saying. How we treat our armed forces and other people who serve the country is very important. Our military has been on the spotlight in the last few days. Throughout our processes in the country, starting with budget-making, we endeavour to ensure that our defence forces are very well taken care of. In my opinion, the important thing for us as a country is to live by what is set under Article 10 of the Constitution. This should be the beginning and the end of how we run the affairs of the country. The day we decide that we will run this country based on a shared set of values, principles, patriotism, integrity, taking care of each other and ensuring that all of us grow together to build the country, we will get it right. This is the best way to treat all our citizens. It has been so disheartening this last one week as we mourned the CDF, who is a gentleman par excellence. He was a cool guy who could not do an offence. However, speculation is now rife about how his death occurred. For example, there is fatigue in the military. Many people are using military aircrafts or there was a helicopter that was supposed to have carried the CDF, but it did not. This is happening because we are slowly trending on a very dangerous path. We are almost politicising our military. One thing that we have done very well as a country is to keep our military off politics. I wish this remains so. I advise all politicians in this country, from the top all the way down, to keep the military out of politics. Let us endeavour to ensure that they remain as they have been: professional, with integrity and doing their job the way they do. The whole world respects our military. We cannot bring that image down. Doing what Hon. Ruweida is proposing here will be one of the ways of honouring our soldiers in the country. The second way will be how we recruit military staff. In the last six years, we have had issues with their recruitment. This is an area that should be handled. We should always ensure that part of our public service is left to be run like the clock-work. It is the best we can do for the country. Kenya is not only a small country but also, it has probably the biggest military in this part of the world. If anything happens that undermines their integrity, preparedness and stature as a formation, it will be worse for this country. I request those who are concerned to take action. I believe that this should just go without saying. As we often see when we travel, the people who work for airlines ask for your name when you get to the airport. For example, I say my name is Hon. David Ochieng’, Member for Ugenya. They then ask for your identification card. If you do not have it, issues will arise. At that point, you tell them you have a copy in your phone. Everyone has now embraced technology. However, the airline staff will still refuse to accept the digital copy. This is largely because of the loss of values and things that bind us and which we share. I repeat that, if this country can live under what we agreed to do under Article 10 of the Constitution, then we can go very far. I request the concerned parties, that is, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), and the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) to ensure that people understand and know what is set out under Article 10 of the Constitution and let Kenyans live by it. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support the Motion."
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"content": "Thank you. Hon. Beatrice Elachi, Member for Dagoretti North."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to appreciate and thank Hon. Ruweida for bringing this Motion. We need it to ensure that we bring back sanity to our country on how we respect those who render their services to us. Even as we continue eulogising our CDF and all the other military leaders who have led us in different countries, especially those who have fallen in Somalia, we need to respect them. Let us imagine what their wives and children go through. The request here is to see how the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works and airlines can establish priority boarding protocols for the KDF and Kenya Special Forces. However, we need to look beyond that. After The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "a father has passed on while fighting for our country and flying that flag, what else can you give his child? How can we ensure, in this House, that those families continue getting support from Government, so that their children can finish school and move on? Even as I support this Motion this morning, I emphasise that there is need to support the families of our military. In the United States of America (USA), there is nobody who is as special as a person who has defended their country. When the American troops come back home, they find that their families are protected. They are also always remembered. There is even a holiday, in the month of May, where they are celebrated in thanksgiving. The country comes together to remember their heroes. However, after we have buried our CDF, that is the end of it. We do not remember anyone. We do not even remember the family. Nobody will remember Ms. Aileen Ogolla. Maybe the only people who will remember her are the ladies and families within the military who were with her when she got married. It is time we changed our attitude and respected every leader, be it the former President or whoever. Let us respect and honour them. It is even worse when a soldier has fallen in the line of duty. That is when we must accord them due respect and remember their family."
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"content": "[The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) left the Chair]"
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"content": "[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. David Ochieng’) took the Chair]"
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"content": "I eulogized the late Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Ogolla, yesterday. For some of us who had the opportunity to see both his sides, as the CDF and as a normal person, how I wish we could understand what happened on that day. It has never happened in our country. We are taking it for granted and yet, nobody even remembered that some soldiers perished in a similar manner in the northern part of Nigeria two years ago. They experienced a similar tragedy where they lost all their soldiers. It happened in the same month two years ago. It has now happened to us. As I support this Motion, I hope that we will set priorities and come up with a policy. If the best people in the army are retired, we should ask them to come and support us. We do not need to retire them, but we should instead bring them back to use their expertise and give them some duties. They will support us. They are the best engineers. We are currently struggling with floods. I ask my Governor to go and look for the retired military generals and engineers to come and support us in Nairobi. You will see things changing. While we do all that, let us remember their children in school. Also, let us set priorities. We must learn from this tragedy going forward. One of the victims was a young man who was 29 years old. Can you imagine what state his wife and children are in? They need something to support them. As I continue praying for the General’s soul and the souls of the others, let us support their families. With those few remarks, I support the Motion. I hope that we will clear the banditry menace in Pokot. That is what they deserve."
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