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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion by the Senator for Mombasa County. I wish to begin by saying that Kenyan lives matter. The lives of all people matter, whether they are shareholders or not. I can see my friend smiling. I hope he is amongst the major shareholders in this country. However, coming to back to the Motion, it is very unfortunate that people keep losing their lives in this country and over issues that really do not concern them. I am a Member of the 1998 Bomb Blast Ad Hoc Committee. It is unfortunate that 25 years since the American Embassy was bombed, Kenyans are still looking for compensation for the lives lost and for the injuries caused. It is important to note that this happened and it caught Kenyans unawares. Some Kenyans were just going to their places of work, doing their daily duties, a number of them were travelling on the road while others were in nearby buildings. However, on one special day in August, 1998, Kenyans lost over 200 lives in the American Embassy Bomb Blast and thousands of them were injured. Here, we are still looking at the compensation of these Kenyans. Madam Temporary Speaker, coming back to Lamu County, it is unfortunate that we keep on losing lives. As my colleagues have said, just the other day, the gallant soldiers lost their lives in the course of duty. Ordinary Kenyans also lost their lives. Sometimes back I remember a former Permanent Secretary (PS) for Lands lost her life along with her staff when they were travelling to Lamu County because of a terror attack. There might be a correlation between some people and their activities with these terror activities. It is always said that the terrorists use people who live far away from their areas to plan for these attacks. In Lamu, there is the large, diverse Boni Forest which they probably use as a hideout. This must stop because in these areas, other than Lamu and Mandera counties, as Sen. Ali Roba has said, professionals cannot work there. Kenyans cannot get the services that they deserve. Just the other day, we saw a group of teachers camping at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) requesting to be transferred because their working environment is not conducive but the TSC was not able to transfer them. These are teachers who have been posted to those areas. They are ready to do their work, but the Government must also protect them so that they are able to teach our children in a conducive atmosphere. Other than the schools, in most of these places, our people cannot access healthcare and markets. They cannot lead their daily lives. Kenyan lives matter and so the Government must go out to protect our people. If there are any suspicious activities or connections that fuel these terror attacks, the Government must look into that. I say this with a lot of confidence because the Government has an intelligence wing that is able to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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