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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations regarding illegal detention of Mr. Yassin Juma, a Kenyan freelance journalist, by Ethiopian authorities. One of the country’s most committed and dedicated journalist, Mr. Yassin Juma, was arrested in unclear and controversial circumstances by Ethiopian authorities in the Oromo region of Ethiopia on 3rd July 2020 while pursuing journalism employment invitation. On account of the failure by the Ethiopian police to provide evidence linking Mr. Juma to any wrongdoing, the court at Araba sub-city freed him on bail on 5th August 2020 and a higher court upheld the bail conditions on 7th August 2020. However, to date the Ethiopian police are still holding Mr. Yassin Juma in illegal detention contrary to court orders and in complete digression from international accords on judicial processes. Failure by the Ethiopian authorities to release Mr. Juma, in line with the decree of their own courts, is an alarming and regressive undertaking that continues to distress Mr. Juma and his family back in Kenya. Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson on the following: (i) What specific measures are being pursued by the Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to secure the release of Mr. Yasin Juma to guarantee him absolute freedom? (ii) What immediate assistance and facilitation is the Government currently according the journalist through our Kenyan Embassy in Addis Ababa? (iii) What measures does the Government have in place to safeguard other Kenyans who are arrested in other countries with similar treatment abroad? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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