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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Motion, owing to the fact that in a month’s time, that is August this year, we will mark 25 years since the 1998 bomb blast. I remember when I heard the news about the bomb blast, I was in a matatu somewhere in Kaplamai. That is in Trans Nzoia because we had just closed school. At that particular time, because we heard news on radio, you could not paint the gruesome picture of the bomb blast. It is sad to hear that 25 years later, the victims have not been compensated, yet the Americans who died, 12 of them, and those who were injured were all compensated. I stand here because I have many people in my County of Kiambu and we know them by name. They cry to us all the time that they have not been compensated. They were neglected. Some of them were working at the Cooperative House. After the bomb blast, they lost their jobs and physical ability. It was traumatizing and that affected their mental health. I think this is the right time that the Ad Hoc Committee is formed, so that they follow with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Kenya and the American Government, to see that over 5,000 citizens of this country, just like the American citizens who were affected by the bomb blast, are compensated. Just to show that we know them, I know a few from in Kiambu. They are 17 of them led by Esther Githangui and Kingori Ezekiel from Kikuyu. I am mentioning those names because they do have groups and they have registered themselves. Some of them gave up and went back home. For those who were not registered, it is time they reached out and told us that they are there. They should narrate to us what happened and what they have been following. It is not enough just to have your name on a wall somewhere in Nairobi for people to be coming and taking photos, yet your parent, father, brother or sister lost a life there and nothing else came out of it. I call upon all the victims of the 1998 bomb blast in Nairobi to register. When Members of the Ad Hoc Committee will be looking into this matter, atleast they will have the right number of people. At the end of it all, they will know that they helped those who were supposed to be helped. So, I stand to support this Motion. The Committee has Members who are diligent, led by the Mover of the Motion, Sen. Kavindu Muthama. Other Members are Sen. Daniel Maanzo, Sen. Alexander Mundigi, Sen. Beatrice Ogolla, Sen. Johnes Mwaruma, Sen."
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