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"content": "Treat them with dignity and respect before even giving them a very good send off. When they are alive and old, we need to come up with a way of respecting them as veterans just like the USA and other western countries do. I support the Motion. Thank you."
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"content": " The Hon. Member is called Hon. Ruweida Obo. She is the Member for Lamu East. Member for Likoni."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this Motion, by Hon. Ruweida to establish a priority boarding protocol for the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Special Forces. First, let me send my sincere condolences to the families of our Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) the late General Ogolla and the other gallant soldiers who perished recently. May their souls rest in eternal peace. Our KDF personnel are very important people. While performing their duties most of the time, they do it in very risky areas. If Members of Parliament, Cabinet Secretaries and other personnel from the public sector can get some priorities, especially in certain areas like the airport, railway, banking halls and bus stations, why not our gallant soldiers? Those are people that need to be recognised, motivated and honoured. Apart from giving them priority in certain areas, we need to ask ourselves: What is the risk allowance given to our gallant soldiers, especially when they go for operation in risky areas? I was shocked one time when I was consulting some personnel from the KDF. They said some get Ksh600 and others Ksh1,000 as risk allowance. That is very little compared to the work that they do and the risky ventures they expose themselves to. Of importance, our soldiers and Special Forces are not only performing security and peace keeping missions, but they also go an extra mile, for instance, during conflicts and acute crisis. I witnessed that during the Kaya Bombo clashes in Coast region and the Molo clashes. They intervene and go an extra mile to ensure there is peace. They ensure that those people who are affected get food, medicine and so many other necessities. Hon. Temporary Speaker, from what Hon. Ruweida has just said, our KDF personnel perform special programmes and projects in Lamu, Pokot and North Eastern. They have done so many social programmes like the intervention in schools and health services. It is high time we put in place a framework in terms of legislation. Do we formulate some policies or we keep some regulation just to ensure that the welfare of our soldiers is taken care of? I am looking at those who go for peace keeping missions, for instance, those who went to Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). I have a good example. I am married to a KDF man and he was among those who were attacked during Kulbiyow attack. He lost three of his fingers on the right hand and to date, he has not been paid. We have been following that matter. It is almost four years and yet, he has not been paid. More so, many other gallant soldiers who lost their lives, their families have been going up and down looking for their dues, but they do not have it to date. It is high time we gave them priority in areas of protocol, but we also need to research and know about their welfare. Those men and women work day and night in remote and risky areas. How is their welfare being taken care of? I am looking at those who perished recently 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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"content": "with CDF Ogolla. I do not know what is going to happen. I know something is going to happen from the Government, but after how long? What is the time frame that the family is going to wait for the payment? What is the timeline for them getting their dues? That is another area which we need to know. If we do not legislate or rather put some policies in place, then it will remain the way it is being done lately. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this Motion has come at the right time because we are still mourning."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me a chance to also contribute on this. I want to thank the Member for Lamu East for coming up with this Motion. First, I send my condolences and that of my family to the family of CDF General Ogolla and the other nine who perished in the helicopter crash. Many Kenyans do not know the importance of our military. They see them and think they are like the police or any other uniformed officers. As one of those who worked in the military, I know those officers need to be respected. They look after this country. They also keep peace in other countries. I was in Namibia at one time. They leave their families and go to work wherever they have been given orders to go and work. They need to be recognised and respected because of the hard work that they do. We are peaceful in this country because of the military. Our country has peace. There is no war. That is why we are enjoying everything. The military officers are always training every day. As we speak, they go to train from 900 a.m., even when they are in camps. They are training to wait for anything that may attack our country. They are always ready to make sure that peace is maintained in our country. The day we saw General Ogolla and other nine officers perish in a helicopter crash was sad. We are still mourning. This country needs the military officers. I worked with the Member who has brought this Motion. Ladies had a difficult time during her time in the military. They were not allowed to get married, unlike today when they can be married while on duty. Ladies in the military went through other challenges that time. As human beings, sometimes, they have desire of wanting to meet a man. However, they could not be allowed. Hon. Members in this House do not know how difficult it was during that time. Mheshimiwa here should have said how difficult it was for ladies in the military during her time so that other female Members can know and realise that she went through a very hard time. With those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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"content": " I do not know what you have not said that makes only you know what you are laughing at. The Member for Gilgil."
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"content": " I join my colleagues in eulogising the loss that we had. The last one week has been a dark one since we lost our Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and nine other officers. I was honoured to work with General Ogolla as the CDF in the Departmental Committee on Defence during the 12th and 13th Parliaments. It is quite sad how we lost him. I was honoured to go to Ng’iya village for the final farewell of the General, hosted by Hon. Samuel Atandi. Right from the drive from the airport, you could tell how not only the family, but also the community at large felt such a loss. It is quite something because this is the first General we have lost in office. I join in asking that investigations be done so that this information can be relayed to the public. It is important for the country to move on. I echo what Hon. Rasso said earlier, that areas with the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) are safe. In Gilgil where I come from, we host two of the oldest barracks. When we had skirmishes in the Rift Valley in 2007, Gilgil was the safe haven that many people found because the presence of the army there ensured that there was no fighting and skirmishes. That is why many Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were settled in Gilgil. They 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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"content": "were settled in Pipeline, Wendani, Ebenezer, Miti Mingi, Kikopey and Mbaruk because of the peace that prevailed there at that time. I congratulate Hon. Ruweida Obo for bringing this very important Motion here. It is simple; that we give them their flowers when they are alive. It is okay to mourn them. What are we doing to the ones who are here? Some of the things that Hon. Ruweida has proposed are not capital intensive. They do not need so much money nor a budgetary allocation. They just need goodwill. As has been said, you will get to see special discounts in shopping malls of other countries for soldiers and veterans who served in the military. This is not hard to do. It is something we should make a declaration on and implement. From here, I hope that this Motion will be passed overwhelmingly. More importantly, the Committee on Implementation should take it up. This House assents to many Motions, but the implementation is slow. The recommendations are not followed up and done. I hope that the Committee on Implementation will pick it up. It should also ensure that our military officers get priority services in places like banking halls, airports, the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and other areas. We can accord our military men some of those benefits to honour them while they are still alive. I join the Speaker of this House who gave a directive and a comment yesterday after making his Communication. Many other Members spoke. We must look at the fights and the banditry that is going on in the North and in Kerio Valley because General Ogolla was a celebrated fighter jet pilot. He has fought many wars outside this country, only to die in a helicopter within the borders of our country. He was in the Kerio Valley because we are not able to maintain peace. We have the national and military intelligence. Somehow, we have contained the headless and faceless Al-Shabaab . However, we have not been able to deal with bandits. As the Speaker and some of us have said yesterday, it is time the leadership in those areas and affected counties like Turkana, Samburu, West Pokot, Baringo and Laikipia take action to ensure that we wipe out banditry so that we give our children a chance to go to school. We should give area residents, especially the women and children, time to have their families together. The people who suffer most are women and children. That way, we will be honouring the General more. He was there to ensure that these children go to school. Many people were asking why the General was out there looking for schools. If you knew General Ogolla, he was a hands-on leader. He wanted to know exactly what the soldiers are doing in the field and how they are implementing what has been decided - reconstruction of schools, redoing roads and other related things. That is how he met his death. He was doing what he really wanted of his soldiers. I eulogise and join the country in mourning those fallen soldiers. I also support Hon. Ruweida’s Motion. After passing it here, it should be implemented as early as yesterday. Congratulations, Hon. Ruweida Obo, for bringing this Motion to this Floor. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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