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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to address this House on this important Motion. At the Memorial Plague at the American Embassy, the first name is Bonita Achola. She was a young college girl from Busia County and a stepdaughter to my sister. The day before the bomb blast, I had visited their home. She cooked and served me ugali, fried eggs and sukumawiki . The next day in the evening, she did not come back home. They went looking for her and they found her in a pulverized condition. She had gone to visit a friend in the Ufundi SACCO Building, the one that collapsed. It was neighboring the Embassy. This is a tragedy that for me rings close to home. On the eventful day, a teacher from my village had asked me to follow up on his case with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). I went to the bus station, picked a letter and went to that Bell Bottom House on the first floor to deliver that letter. They were having a cup of tea and I left. They offered me tea, but I did not take the tea. I was hurrying back to my office at the NSSF Building. As I was walking just past the Ex-Telecom Building, I found myself in the midst of total anarchy; total confusion. I did not know what was happening. I fell down, woke up and ran away. I went up the stairs, going to the post office. That was when I looked back and saw there was darkness and a lot of dust. I remember running back to that place and there was complete chaos. The water had broken, the electricity was flashing all over and I had the presence of mind to run down into the basement to look for the main switch to turn off the power, only to find that the switch was secured with a metal cage and it was not possible to get to the switch. I ran to Uchumi Supermarket, they were closing down; I bought two torches, I bought a panga and I ran back down to cut that cable, which I did."
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