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    "id": 2683,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion very strongly. Allow me to use this time to pay my tribute to those soldiers who have so far paid the highest price, and those who have had all manner of casualties. Allow me to remember that in my family, Maj. Ong’ayo lost his life in a peace keeping force in Yugoslavia. Also allow me to remember that Pvt. Evans Mutoro was the first soldier to be declared missing in action. Mr. Minister, we still hope that you will one day tell us that you have found him in captivity and if, by haven stance, he lost his life, you give us his body to bring him back home. We care. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I look at this Motion, it reminds me of the proverbial story of the acres of diamonds where a man sold his land because he could not grow anything on it. The other man who came in quickly discovered that he had bought land which could not geminate crops, but had acres of diamond. That our soldiers have demonstrated this high degree of discipline--- There has been no rape and harassment of Somalia women and girls. It means that in our own soldiers, we have been sitting on acres of diamonds. Why did we not use them in 2008 to stop and prevent the Post- Election Violence (PEV)? Whoever should have given that command but did not, it should prick his conscience. Allow me to assure the Minister that even if he had come today with an improved version of this Motion, we would not only have given him our okay, but if he had also asked us to vote him more money, we would definitely have done it for him because security is expensive. Allow me also to congratulate Mr. Wetangula and Mr. Haji for the exemplary role they have played during this engagement. I should go ahead and tell my brother Wetangula that he has done so well, but he should not be blowing hot and sometimes cold. You know, if it was a question of a report card when you are coming back home to Kakamega in the capital, you would have been given an excellent for what you have done in Somalia. But, definitely, for what you have done in Sudan, you would have been given a very poor score."
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