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    "id": 423543,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will support it. I want to make a plea to my sisters that the people who were found culpable, punishment was meted to them and we are saying there are others who unfairly lost their jobs. They did not have the wherewithal to pursue justice through the normal process. So, could it be that if this House permitted them, these humble Kenyans earning Kshs600 as a private in the air force, if they could be compensated? I beg the House to find that if there was no merit in what I am saying, then the decision that was made in the High Court in Nairobi that found that officer Dominic Amolo was detained from 27th September to 5th November a period of around 50 days was compensated because it was established that after being detained for less than two months, this man did not participate in plotting the coup. So, the court ruled that the authorities went against the old Constitution, Article 70. By confining and treating this man inhumanly in Kamiti Maximum Prison for a further nine days, Article 73 of the old Constitution was breached. The High Court has already established that the treatment that this Motion is trying to cure was unconstitutional and against the rights and freedoms of Kenyans. We want to use this Motion to allow the people who were punished to go on with their punishment. My own college-mate, Titus Akungu, was punished for ten years and he died while in prison. We are not saying that they should be compensated. However, we are talking about these officers. Hon. Members, I beg that we do not change the Motion materially by accepting the coup at the top of the Motion and then remove it at the conclusion of the Motion. I oppose."
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