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    "id": 30209,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/30209/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Haji",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 26,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
        "slug": "yusuf-haji"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the two servicemen, PF No. 76924, Private James Njue Ndwiga and PF No. 81848, Private Wesley Maiyo died on 25th February, 2011, while undergoing a ranger training at Manda Link Span, Kenya Navy Base, Manda. (b) The two servicemen belonged to the elite Ranger Force of Kenya Defence Force whose members are drawn from the Defence Force on voluntary basis. Private Njue volunteered from the 12 Engineers, while Private Maiyo was from Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. As a prerequisite to join the Rangers Strike Force, potential rangers undergo a four-week Ranger pre-selection course. The course is designed to select those suitable for ranger training employment for subsequent deployment in the 40 Ranger Strike Force Batallion. The four weeks programme consists of physical training, the requirement of which entails the candidates to familiarize themselves with the operational procedures in combat water survival before undertaking further specialized training. All introductory swimming lessons are conducted in swimming pools before swimming in a major water body, including the Indian Ocean, which comes in the third phase of the swamp training. It was during that Phase III of Ranger training which was being conducted in the Indian Ocean that the two servicemen drowned. The drowning incident was attributed to an accident due to unpredictable ocean tide."
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