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    "id": 276717,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/276717/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. James Maina Kamau",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Maina Kamau",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand here to support this Motion because it is a very important one; we need to pass this Supplementary Budget because we know we have our soldiers fighting in Somalia. That is number one; we know that war, anywhere in the world, is very expensive. This is the first time, I think, the country is fighting a full scale war in another country; our soldiers need support, so that they get motivated and continue to fight. They are fighting and dying for the sake of Kenyans. So, whatever they are doing cannot be taken for granted. In war, we require equipment and this equipment must be bought with money. This equipment is actually very, very expensive. Our soldiers need to be properly dressed when they are in the combat zone and all these cost money. We also need our soldiers to get fed, because if they are not fed they will, definitely, start selling their bullets and guns. As a result, the country will be defenseless. So, for anybody to think that the money will be wasted, I think he is either naïve or something. It is important that we have our security taken care of. The soldiers are doing a very good job in Somalia and need all our support as Kenyans."
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