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    "id": 1239346,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "There is a sister to Prof. PLO Lumumba who is an advocate. I used to see her at the Embassy when I was a student and she was helping me with some work when I was doing my desertion. They were quite resourceful. The mistake we did as Kenyans was to put the Embassy in the middle of town. It is actually not a mistake because a terrorist can attack anybody anywhere. The outcome of terrorism has to be addressed in one way or another. That is why they have come up with the US Victim of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund. The existence of that Fund means there is goodwill for the people to be compensated. It is just a matter of legislation because this is a different state. It needs a little bit of action. I believe the action can originate from this Senate. Probably it may mean an amendment of this Motion, so that a committee is set up. I urge the Mover to think about that. A committee of this Senate should be set up to approach the Senate of the US and Congressmen because they are good people. I attended their national prayer breakfast in February and they were organised. We were hosted by about 30 congressmen the previous evening. When we went for the national prayer breakfast the next day, it was something else. We visited them in their offices. We can get one or two congressmen moving from the other side. When it is House to House, it is much better and faster. I believe we can move fast. All the victims are identifiable. That is why there is a memorial park with their names. Those who are blind are still around. I know one or two friends of the Sen. Kavindu Muthama who I even met a week ago when we were preparing something for her. She is friends with those people and she knew them even before they were injured. You can imagine how someone suffering blindness in their maturity finds it difficult to navigate, yet they have children who are going to school. I can assure you those families really suffered. Not only this particularly victims, there was Ufundi Co-operative Building that was completely brought down. That co-operative had savings for members, but they have never recovered although they tried. They need compensation of some sought. The Cooperative Bank Building was affected. They actually repaired it themselves. I am sure they suffered a big lose which almost saw the bank in a financial crisis. Their building was damaged and their employees affected. That is the headquarters. We need to relook at the whole thing, so that as you compensate victims, you also compensate any other damages done to the country because we know exactly what happened. In future, we must think of fighting terrorism as a country. We must stop these local wars. Recently we were hit in Westland and terrorists are still around. The other day I approached CS Hon. (Prof.) Kindiki together with a team from Makueni County. The meeting was about the safety of the highway, the towns and the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). There are supposed to be people patrolling, but most of the times, their vehicle is broken down. Many people are now using the SGR. However, a better part of the railway line which runs for about 200 kilometres in Makueni County is unsecured."
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