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    "id": 1403177,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403177/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "I eulogized the late Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Ogolla, yesterday. For some of us who had the opportunity to see both his sides, as the CDF and as a normal person, how I wish we could understand what happened on that day. It has never happened in our country. We are taking it for granted and yet, nobody even remembered that some soldiers perished in a similar manner in the northern part of Nigeria two years ago. They experienced a similar tragedy where they lost all their soldiers. It happened in the same month two years ago. It has now happened to us. As I support this Motion, I hope that we will set priorities and come up with a policy. If the best people in the army are retired, we should ask them to come and support us. We do not need to retire them, but we should instead bring them back to use their expertise and give them some duties. They will support us. They are the best engineers. We are currently struggling with floods. I ask my Governor to go and look for the retired military generals and engineers to come and support us in Nairobi. You will see things changing. While we do all that, let us remember their children in school. Also, let us set priorities. We must learn from this tragedy going forward. One of the victims was a young man who was 29 years old. Can you imagine what state his wife and children are in? They need something to support them. As I continue praying for the General’s soul and the souls of the others, let us support their families. With those few remarks, I support the Motion. I hope that we will clear the banditry menace in Pokot. That is what they deserve."
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