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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Awori",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Moody Arthur Awori",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House do adjourn until Tuesday, 18th April, 2006. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is not a Motion that we expect debate on. You have said it all. Yesterday was the saddest day in the history of our country. Since we got Independence, while we have lost from time to time hon. Members of this House, it has never happened that in one go, we lost so many of them. This country is composed mostly of young people. When you look at the hon. Members and the senior civil servants who lost their lives, you find that none of them is older than 55 years. This is, indeed, very sad. They lost their lives in a mission of peace. When we have a tragedy, we come together as one people, but soon after that, we start having our individual agendas. How many lives are to be lost before we can gain peace? This was a localised peace that was required in Marsabit and Moyale. We want peace in our country! We want peace in our nation! The reason why we do not get peace is because of the individual agendas and wanting whatever we want as individuals. Let us not allow the deaths of a clergy man, pilots, senior civil servants and above all, our legislators, to April 11, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 459 be in vain. Let us utilise this opportunity to learn from each other and to have peace, so that we can then spend most of our time answering to the needs and the requirements of our people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was, indeed, very sad for me and the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs when we saw off the families of two hon. Members this afternoon. There were tears and agony and it was very sad. Perhaps, I will utilise this opportunity just to mention that the bodies of our friends will be arriving at the Moi Air Base at about 3.00 O'clock and before 4.00 O'clock, they will be at the Wilson Airport. It would be a tribute if all of us could be at the Wilson Airport just before 4.00 o'clock, so that we can receive our colleagues, pay tribute to them and give them a farewell. With those few remarks, I beg to move the Motion."
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