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"speaker_name": "Migori County, Independent",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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"content": " Thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. First, I congratulate my sister for bringing this Motion to the Floor. We thank the Almighty God for the families that lost their beloved ones. He gave them strength. We ask Allah to give them more strength."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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"content": "As much as I support the Motion, the plight of our soldiers is not just giving them the protocol that they deserve. They deserve respect. Respect starts from the highest to the smallest office. Without being referred to as politics or politicians, we owe Kenyans and General Francis Ogolla an apology in his death. We saw him being blamed on something only God knows whether he did or not. A dead person is given respect in the African community. I think it is very wrong for someone to come out and mention things about General Ogolla and yet, sit and wipe tears. It is a mockery to the dead and God. I request the Government of Kenya to apologise to Kenyans and respect that the KDF does not do politics or eat, practise and dance with politicians. They are out there to protect our land and us. They deserve the highest order of dignity. On behalf of the Government of Kenya as the Woman Representative of Migori County, I apologise to Kenyans and the family of General Francis Ogolla. The Christians who worshiped with him said that he was a man of integrity and that he valued his job more than anything. You can see how much he valued his country in his lifestyle. It is absurd what people are saying. I request God to forgive us for mentioning him in the manner we did in his death. Allah, please, forgive us. This is the first time we have lost such an important person of the defence team in the history of Kenya. Other than his immediate family, I am wondering what else the Government 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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"speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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"content": "thought about the emotions shed during General Ogolla’s death. He worked with a certain family for 40 years. In particular, I saw a lady who wept with a lot of pain. I do not know how close she was to her boss. I am imagining how many of them were weeping inside and prayed wishes that their General lived. I am requesting the Government to offer emotional support to the defence team, especially those seen crying bitterly and sadly about the loss of the General. Let us support them emotionally. It is not right if we leave them that way. That is a very sensitive area, knowing that he had lived with them there for 40 years."
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"speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " What is out of order, Hon. Geoffrey Ruku?"
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"speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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"content": " I think it is not appropriate for the Member to bring in a lady who was mourning and cast aspersions that the lady was extremely close to the General, in a manner that she would want to know. It is important to leave the family of the late Ogolla to mourn in peace."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " That will pass."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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"content": " I would like to repeat that because he has commented about it. It might go out the wrong way. Please, give me the honour to do so. My dear brother, Mheshimiwa, I meant that was his staff. She was a junior officer. They had a relationship at work. The way the lady was weeping, she deserves to be supported emotionally. It is not only her. There were men in uniform who were weeping. They deserve emotional help. Please, do not bring petty issues to a major issue like this. Be sensitive enough and use the right words when I am using the right words. I am pissed off with that statement because I am a Muslim woman. I know how much we respect our fellow women. That is insensitive of you. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Member for Mbeere North, this is your chance to contribute to this Motion."
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"speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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"content": " Thank you for giving me this opportunity. First, I congratulate Hon. Ruweida for bringing this Motion. It is very timely, when this nation is going through some challenges as far as the security of our nation is concerned. Motivation within the military service and the security sector is extremely important. How do we achieve motivation in the military? One, former General Tonje came up with key rules that are still guiding the military to ensure the position of the CDF was rotational between periods of four years. We go to the Kenya Navy, the Kenya Air Force and after that, the Kenya Army. This is meant to increase motivation within the military service. This Motion also ensures that the military conducts its constitutional mandate to defend this nation from external and internal aggression in the most appropriate and effective manner. Therefore, it is important to support. I was in the late General Ogolla’s burial in Siaya. I attended the send-off. It was a very dark day not only for the people of Siaya, but also to all family members who lost their loved ones in that crash. They come from different parts of this country. It is important that we have improvement of military equipment. Not only the arsenals, but also the day-to-day equipment that they use, the aircraft and the vehicles. This House should be accountable on the budget that is allocated towards the improvement of equipment each year. It must be accounted for properly. This is not just for generals and servicemen who work in the military. It is also for the Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces. The aircraft the Commander-in-Chief uses must also be modernised. It is true that the Air Force 1 the President uses cannot transfer him from Kenya to New York or Europe. Indeed, it is not a very safe aircraft. 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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