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    "id": 1151708,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiarie Waweru",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am very swift also. I am honoured to be contributing to this very important Bill. Allow me to start by commending the Leader of the Majority Party for being able to bring this and present it before the end of the life of the 12th Parliament. As Hon. (Dr.) Eseli has said, I pray that we shall pass this before the end of this 12th Parliament. I also want to single out the Chief of Staff of the KDF, General Kibochi, for the work that has gone to build this to this level and to present it to this House. I pray that it shall be a fitting honour to General Kibochi as another feather in his cap in his very illustrious career in the Military. Whenever the picture of our military is painted, a very rosy picture is presented. We are presented with a picture of a military that has been able to secure our borders and a military that has been able to maintain law and order in volatile zones in this continent and even beyond. We are also told about the role that this Military has played in securing the sovereignty of our country. However, behind this very rosy picture, there is a story of a big trail of bodies—I want to use that figuratively— of men who have served very committedly in this military who end up suffering when they are out of service. So, in that very sense, I believe that this country is in order to bequeath a Bill that checks into the welfare of these military officers when they are in service and beyond. We know the contribution of the military, even beyond affairs of war and peace keeping."
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