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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wanted to be generous enough by giving Hon. Waluke and Hon. Ndiege some minutes but now that the time is not there, it is only five minutes, let me just complete. I have heard the concerns and pleas on the issue of this Petition. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we will approach this issue with the spirit of ubuntu and compassion. As I stated earlier, I know this officer as an extremely dedicated officer who served our country with distinction and rare sacrifice. That is why I want to say that we will go as a Committee out of our way to ensure that we even give submissions to this tribunal to ensure that this Commissioner gets a soft landing, ex gratia and his gratuity. This tribunal should go out of its way to ensure that Kenyans who have served their country with patriotism and dedication do not leave with frustrations. We will ensure that it happens. We will also work very closely with the Commission to ensure that upon receiving the report from the tribunal, it also does what is necessary to ensure that this officer is given a soft landing. Like you heard from many Members, this is an officer who went out of his way in 1992 to crash a military coup that wanted to take over leadership through extra constitutional means. So, such officers should be treated the way we have treated the late Gen. (Rtd.) Mulinge, Gen. (Rtd.) Mahamud Mohammed and all those other officers. I am even told that one of my Members The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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