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    "id": 732959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1750,
        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to present a public petition on delayed payment of compensation to parents and guardians of the victims and survivors of Kyanguli Secondary School fire tragedy. I, the undersigned, on behalf of parents and guardians of victims and survivors of the Kyanguli Secondary School fire tragedy, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, the Government and the respective managements of public schools have a responsibility to protect the lives and property of students in all schools; THAT, many schools in the country have been experiencing students’ unrests associated with failure by school administration to address students’ grievances; THAT, in March 2001, Kyanguli Secondary School experienced one of the worst cases of students’ unrest in the country when riotous students locked their colleagues in a dormitory, sprayed it with petrol and set it ablaze; THAT, the resultant inferno gutted down the entire dormitory, caused horrific deaths of 63 young budding lives while scores others were maimed as students’ and school property of immense value was decimated; THAT, investigations into the incident revealed massive negligence on the part of the school management by establishing that whereas glaring signs of impending students strike had been identified, the school administration never took measures to deter the inferno; THAT, further, whereas the capacity of the ill-fated dormitory was 96 students, the school administration had congested it with 139 students at the time of the inferno, thereby increasing the casualties; THAT, in 2002, parents and guardians of the victims and survivors sought compensation from the courts and the High Court, in a ruling dated 3rd March, 2016, awarded Kshs40,950,000 as compensation to the survivors of the Kyanguli dormitory fire, jointly and severally, and broke it down as follows: 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."
}