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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will wonder why terrorists should bomb Kenya. There is no reason for terrorists to bomb Kenya because Kenya does not involve itself in very high international politics where terrorists find a reason to commit the injustices happening elsewhere in the world. The terrorists would follow the Americans wherever they are because they know they are being followed for some injustices that happened elsewhere and not in Kenya. Therefore, Kenyans become victims of those injustices. When it comes to compensation, Kenyans have to cry, pass resolutions in the Senate, form some select committees and plead, so that they can be compensated. Kenyans can be compensated from a fund, which is there. That money is there and I understand that this Committee could not even secure appointments to meet the people who are in charge of American affairs within our country. This is serious and we have to call a spade a spade. We should not be mincing words. I thank Sen. Kavindu Muthama as you have feelings for our people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was the Member of Parliament for Bondo during the time of this incident. A constituent of mine who was working in the American Embassy lost her head and we buried her without her head. We could only recognize the body. This happened to many Kenyans as people were completely maimed. I am speaking with a lot of emotion because I feel so disappointed that a powerful country with so much money and resources cannot provide paltry compensation to the Kenyans who became victims. It is becoming such a big issue that we have to sit here, debate and plead. Please America, why do you not compensate our people and allow us to call this thing, a thing of the past? Let us bury it so that it does not give us those bad memories when we become victims of offences, which we have not committed against anyone. We are clean and we do not commit offences against other countries. If there is any, it is very minimal interaction that we have internationally where people will have reason to come and bomb us. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not go deeply into all these issues, but I want to conclude by pleading once again to the authorities of the USA, to rethink this issue and find ways and means of calling this, a thing of the past. Let us go into other chapters and continue with our good relationship. This Government has a very good relationship with The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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