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    "id": 994014,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13211,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 47 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of national concern, namely, the recent shooting down of a Kenyan aircraft operating in Somalia allegedly by Members of the Ethiopian armed forces. On 4th May, 2020, a Kenyan aircraft EMBRAER 120 Registration No.55 AXO owned by African Express Airlines was landing at Bardale District Airstrip in the Bay Region of Somalia when it was hit by Ethiopian troops on the ground. The aircraft was completely destroyed killing all six people who were on board, including the pilot, captain Hassan Burhan, first officer Mabruki Sharman, Omar Abdalla Jamal, a trainee first officer, Charles Ng’ang’a and two other passengers of Somali origin. The plane was delivering COVID-19 humanitarian supplies to the Bardale District and was hit upon landing at the airstrip. The Ethiopia armed forces have admitted that its forces shot the aircraft after it had landed at the airstrip. This is not the first time a similar incident has occurred. Another aircraft was, on 25th May, 2020, yesterday shot at the same place - Consadarle Airstrip, Bay region of Somalia - by the same Ethiopian armed forces. Fortunately, no fatalities were reported in the second incident. In the incident of 4th May, 2020, the country lost four highly qualified young men who had just started their careers. Captain Mabruk Islam sharman has left a young family of a widow and three children. Omar Abdalla Jamal was a young man with a lot of ambition and his death has robbed his family of a treasured asset. While Captain Hussein who was the pilot was the son of Captain Musa Burhan, the owner of African Express Airlines and a prominent investor in the aviation industry in Kenya. The family looked upon the younger Hussein to take over the reigns at the company. All these young lives were needlessly cut short by a reckless Ethiopian soldier. At the time of the shooting, Somalia administration officials had already arrived at the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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