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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, this case of the late Ms. Elmia Abbas – who, unfortunately, during this incident was expectant – and Ms. Naima Abbas, who was 13 years old, is a sad matter that happened in 2019 near our KDF Camp in the Diff area of Wajir County. It is a matter that we discussed at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters. When this matter went to court, the KDF won the case. However, as part of our relationship with communities in those regions and many places, we want to engage. I want to ask the Member of Parliament to provide us with the next of kin of Ms. Naima Abbas and Ms. Elmia Abbas so that together we can work out an affordable compensation programme, which the KDF wants to undertake. I want to be accountable for that. The matter should not be discussed because we have decided that despite the court ruling, out of our social corporate responsibility, KDF values those communities. They give us land, work with us in intelligence gathering, and do a lot of business with our military camps. And because the mother was expectant and had a 13-year-old child, out of moral grounds, the Defence Council, which I chair, sat under the leadership of General Ogolla and decided we would engage the Member of Parliament together with the next of kin and provide appropriate compensation notwithstanding the court ruling."
}