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    "id": 1151706,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tongaren, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Eseli Simiyu",
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "psychological stresses which need to be handled. I am glad that this Bill actually addresses that issue such that these veterans will also have access to good psychological care so that they can be rehabilitated to be able to mainstream them back into the society and also the fact that the families will be taken care of like their medicals, education and things like that. In a nutshell, I fully support this Bill and perhaps this should be the beginning so that in future we can beef it up and ensure that we actually give them more benefits than what the Bill has actually foreseen. We need to beef it up eventually to put in more benefits for the veterans. It is unfortunate that in this country when you look at the survival of these uniformed service people, even the police service apart from the military, once they leave the service you actually find that many of them end up leading a miserable life. Out there when I meet some of the ex-soldiers in the villages who have retired, they are actually very good people and they can be of very good service to the community but then sometimes they lack the basics of being mainstreamed back into the society. This Bill actually takes care of that. I fully support and pray that the House passes it as fast as possible so that it is not overtaken by the short period that we have left. This House will have delivered something good for the military by the time we end this last sitting of the House. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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