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    "id": 1403230,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First, I want to express my sincere condolences on behalf of the great people of Buuri. You know very well that the late General Ogolla was our in-law. I also pass our condolences to the family of the other nine fallen soldiers who went to be with their maker while on duty. The Motion in the House is on local travel protocols. This is one of the privileges that our KDF need so as to restore their dignity. Those people sacrifice their lives to defend our territories and install peace across our borders. They are called upon in the international arena to ensure that there is peace and tranquillity in the world. I am so proud of our KDF. We should not only be talking about their local travel protocols. I urge that we must have a policy where our soldiers, whether retired, veterans or serving, while on private travel, they should enjoy some travel discounts. There are lounges in airports across the world which should be made accessible to them. They are great people. They also need to access first class facilities available in all the hospitals in this country. The fallen soldiers have left behind families. As a country, it is high time we started thinking of creating a special fund to cater for families of fallen soldiers. I know in some counties, retired veterans have gathered together and formed associations. We should encourage the Government to partner with them so as to create special recreational facilities in almost every constituency in this country. This is because every constituency has so many serving and veteran soldiers. Such facilities will be places where people feel at home. Our veterans can be meeting there after retirement to enjoy together as a group of people who sacrificed for this nation. We need to address the issue of special insurance coverage for our KDF. Those people are in the front line. They offer their lives and blood for this country. As such, we need to be a caring nation. General Ogolla was an avid golfer and I religiously played with him for many years. He was a humble and good man. He had married from my community. So, we need to insist that planes used by such VIPs should be fully serviced and maintained properly. I agree that KDF officers need to be given special attention not only in terms of flight protocols, but in all other places. Those men and women serve us while we sleep. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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