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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicher",
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    "content": "u: Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to second this wonderful Motion by the good Senator for Machakos County, Sen. Kavindu Muthama, on the compensation of victims of what I would term as international terrorism that occurred in our borders in 1998. International terrorism is something that countries continue to struggle with. Even before we talk about the victims of such kind of heinous crimes, we have seen concerted efforts by different countries who have got good cooperation among themselves. We have seen constant cooperation in dealing with terrorism even between Kenya and the USA to the extent that that collaboration that we have always seen before terror attacks happen in the country or otherwise, should be the spirit with which we approach this issue of compensation. I say this because there are families that lost lives in 1998. In fact, history tells us that in this particular incident, 213 Kenyans lost their lives in that attack. There is no life that is more important than the other, but comparatively, 12 Americans lost their lives in that attack. We are as well told by history that 5,000 people from both countries experienced other kind of damages; be it to property, their own physical and psychological torture, due to this terror attack. Madam Temporary Speaker, some people who died in this terrorist attack were working for the USA Embassy. This is the kind of goodwill that I was talking about. Terror attacks and the problem that comes with terrorism in our borders, I think it is something that should not be confrontational. It is something that should not be able to bring conflict. It should be in good spirit for the USA to consider helping those who suffered from these terror attacks."
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