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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Koyi",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me a chance to also contribute on this. I want to thank the Member for Lamu East for coming up with this Motion. First, I send my condolences and that of my family to the family of CDF General Ogolla and the other nine who perished in the helicopter crash. Many Kenyans do not know the importance of our military. They see them and think they are like the police or any other uniformed officers. As one of those who worked in the military, I know those officers need to be respected. They look after this country. They also keep peace in other countries. I was in Namibia at one time. They leave their families and go to work wherever they have been given orders to go and work. They need to be recognised and respected because of the hard work that they do. We are peaceful in this country because of the military. Our country has peace. There is no war. That is why we are enjoying everything. The military officers are always training every day. As we speak, they go to train from 900 a.m., even when they are in camps. They are training to wait for anything that may attack our country. They are always ready to make sure that peace is maintained in our country. The day we saw General Ogolla and other nine officers perish in a helicopter crash was sad. We are still mourning. This country needs the military officers. I worked with the Member who has brought this Motion. Ladies had a difficult time during her time in the military. They were not allowed to get married, unlike today when they can be married while on duty. Ladies in the military went through other challenges that time. As human beings, sometimes, they have desire of wanting to meet a man. However, they could not be allowed. Hon. Members in this House do not know how difficult it was during that time. Mheshimiwa here should have said how difficult it was for ladies in the military during her time so that other female Members can know and realise that she went through a very hard time. With those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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