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    "speaker_name": "Mosop, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abraham Kirwa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Allow me first of all to send my sincere condolences to the families of the soldiers that we lost last week. I want to sincerely send my condolences to the family of Gen. Ogolla and the rest of the soldiers who were involved in the helicopter crash while they were in the line of duty. It is very unfortunate that we lost very valuable people in this nation just because of mechanical errors. The Deputy Leader of Majority Party mentioned the concerns he has over the plane that is used by His Excellency the President and his team, which makes me wonder if we are safe. The soldiers serve this country every single day. They go to risky areas and sacrifice their lives on behalf of the people of this country. We lost Major Sawe from my constituency. We come from the same village. He was a young man who has served in the Kenya Defence Forces for quite some time and he has helped many people. It is very unfortunate that we have lost such a talent at a very young age. I also want to send my condolences to his wife, his children and the people of Mosop. We have lost a very crucial individual who contributed a lot to the development of our constituency. We also mourn the rest of the soldiers who lost their lives in that particular crash. I want to also support this Motion by Hon. Ruweida for two reasons. One, the soldiers sacrifice too much, but we do not really appreciate what they do. In most of the countries, when you travel, they give first priority to those who have served the country, those who are in service and those who have even retired - both active and retired. Before anybody else boards, either the first class, they allow the servicemen to board first. They do that because they want to appreciate what the soldiers have done or the services they have rendered to their nations. So, this particular Motion is urging the national Government, through the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works, to encourage the local airlines to establish priority boarding protocol for the Kenya Defence Forces and also the Special Forces. I support the Motion because it is the least we can do. Every time we are asleep, most of those people do not sleep because they want to make sure that our nation is safe and most of the time, we truly do not think about them. When they come home, we want to celebrate them, but we do not just give it back. Most of them, once they retire, they live very horrible lives because the salary is low and they were not prepared. So, when they get sick, they have to result to many other things. I 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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