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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion and appeal to this honorable House to grant the Ad Hoc Committee the 100 days that they have requested for an extension. I am also a Member of this Committee and we have been looking at the compensation on a number of issues such as loss of lives. This is loss of lives of over 200 Kenyans on that day. In the Committee, we have been meeting different Kenyans from all over the country. As you may have noticed, this was a most unfortunate happening. A number of Kenyans lost their lives in the course of their duties. A number of them were Kenyans who were just working in adjacent buildings to the American Embassy and others were Kenyans who were going about their daily lives, passing by the road and this happened. Mr. Temporary Speaker, apart from the loss of over 200 people, we have been listening to over 5,000 Kenyans who had massive injuries. Some of them are in so many deplorable situations. A number of them are blind; some lost their limbs and suffer long- term medical conditions. The reason we have come to ask for an extension is because the attention of this Committee has been so massive. Each time we are meeting the stakeholders, it is so overwhelming because we have to listen to all of them. I think they deserve to be listened to by this Committee of the Senate. Apart from loss of lives and the massive injuries that were caused, we are also looking at the compensation for the loss of opportunities. In our sittings, we listened to children who dropped out of school because their parents died in this blast. Therefore, we ask that the extension be granted so that we have due diligence on Kenyans who need the attention of the Committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this bomb blast happening that we are dealing with, is also going to set a precedence for other happenings that have occurred in this country. After that, we had the Westgate, the Garissa Technical University attack and the Dusit D2 attack. If this is handled well and within the time that we are asking for, this will also give a solution to some of those happenings in this country. We are yet to also exhaust our---"
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