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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Korir",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to thank Sen. Faki for coming up with this Motion. It is very emotive in the sense that it has really affected our country. I confirm that this is an issue that is not only affecting Lamu County. As has been stated by a number of colleagues, it is of national importance. I confirm that some of the officers also come from Bomet County and various parts of this country. This issue has led to a number of families losing their loved ones and leaving some of the households without fathers. Despite the fact that they have died in the line of duty, there are a number of issues that I feel that these people have been left behind. Despite the fact that the Government has been sending them to protect the nation, I would want to know the essence of sending the military to these other countries including Somalia. Secondly, I would want to know what is the budget of that particular Ministry because of the accident that happened yesterday. Though I cannot tell, I believe that the plane that they were using was not in the right condition. These are some of the things that have been affecting these soldiers. Not only that, there are also a number of machineries that these al-Shabaab are using. I would want to know if the Government is capable of purchasing these types of machinery that can assist our people wherever they are offering these services. This is because they go there to try and offer security but the types of machinery they use are questionable. Sometimes you find a team of forty or fifty destroyed within a second by the types of machinery that these people are having. I would want to know from the relevant committees that we have in the Senate and in the National Assembly that deal with issues of security, how far they have gone with these issues and the decisions they have taken in light of many Kenyans losing their lives. These are very young soldiers. Sometimes they just come fresh from college having gone through thorough training and they just lose lives within a month. This is something that is no longer a joke. It is not something that we not only need to discuss in this House but need to see action being taken by the Government. It is high time that we, as Members of Parliament, provided details and ensure that it is funded, if we are supposed to continue providing security to other countries. Taking the lives of Kenyans to other countries without proper machinery and having in place the organisation they are to follow, is not something we need to be discussing here year-in, year-out. This is something that is serious. I urge the Committee in charge of security to sit down and relook at this issue so that we can have it addressed once and for all. I am dissatisfied with how we are handling them and even the way we address the issues after they are affected. There are a number of them who are lying in hospitals right now, who are affected by these issues. Nobody is bothering about them or their families. It is not just a matter of discussing for the sake of doing so but we need to do a serious---"
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