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    "id": 365064,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/365064/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker, Sir. Actually, I have two requests. Pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c), I wish to request a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the operations of the Kenya Defence Forces deployed in Somalia. Hon. Speaker, last week the British Government was compelled through a suit to compensate Mau Mau veterans to the tune of Kshs2.6 billion for the harm visited on Kenyans during the state of emergency from 1952 to 1959. So that the Kenya Government is not compelled to settle similar claims in future arising from malpractices, if any, by our soldiers, the Chairperson should indicate if our forces in Somalia have engaged in any act of malpractice since the incursion began, and what action has been taken and assure this House that Kenyan forces in Somalia are not and will not engage in malpractices similar to what British colonial forces engaged in, in Kenya between 1952 and 1959."
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