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    "id": 1037847,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1037847/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ahmed Kolosh",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Kolosh Mohamed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I agree with Hon. Junet Nuh that the leadership and those who are looking for positions, including Members of Parliament from Somalia are more in Nairobi that in Mogadishu itself. That is a show that there is interest by the Kenyan Government on the elections of Somalia and their level of influence. However, the biggest tragedy, as far as we are concerned here, is that - I made a statement here in the House around January before the COVID-19 pandemic because of what is happening in Somalia, whether it is the political side or the Al Shabaab or whatever – the Kenya Government seems to have given up on the northern region. That is why there are no schools open even the Class Eight and Form Four students in our schools are doing it on their own. I believe that for the Kenya Government to exert its authority, not just in Somalia and the territorial integrity, it must ensure that it does not give up on services that are required by the Kenyan children within our country and do not give up on the pressures and instability that is coming from our neighbours. Hon. Speaker, those of us who went to Somalia actually went there because we were told that Al Shabaab and whatever was happening was our problem and we should go and sort it out. We had nowhere else to go because it is the Kenya Government at the highest level that told us that they cannot address the issue of Al Shabaab and they cannot open schools. That is why we went to Somalia. I thank you."
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