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    "id": 1263206,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Like those who have spoken before me, we must admit it. Kenya enjoys robust diplomatic relationships with the US. This Motion is going to succeed because I have some background information that suggests that somebody is waiting for this initiative. This Motion is actually an indictment to the foreign policy of successive Governments of the Republic of Kenya. What did the Minister for Foreign Affairs do for the four years that Moi was President post-facto ? What did the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of President Mwai Kibaki do for 10 years? They did nothing. The Cabinet Secretaries of Foreign Affairs during the time of President Uhuru Kenyatta also did nothing. This is a shameful indictment to the foreign policy of this country. This is an opportunity for us to urge not just ourselves, but also the Executive to step up their game, so that at the international level, where laws are not always congruent, citizens can be protected. Madam Temporary Speaker, just like Sen. Okiya Omtatah said, we have had experiences in the past which nobody has bothered about. I know, like in his case, we have heroes, including in your own village in Bushiangala, who went to the First and Second World War. They have died in abject poverty. My own family being one of them. My father's eldest brother, Daudi Shikoli Shikondimoja Wakhayati Ikhunyalu, was a world war hero. He died and his family is there. They could still receive compensation due to their father. My neighbour from Bukusi, Mzee Lukhalo was a world war hero. Lukhalo Anduku still has his son in the village. He is called Munandi, my good neighbour. They could still receive his compensation, if only the Government took its rightful lead role. Going slightly further north, we have our heroes at Webuye who fought in the Chetambe Hills Wars of Liberation. Nobody has ever talked or thought of these people. As Sen. Okiya Omtatah said, we need a compensation policy as a leadership so that we carry along the heroism together with the sacrifices that those who came before us demonstrated."
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