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    "id": 1163033,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1163033/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise on a point of order on a matter that was raised before on the Floor of the House, which touches on the treatment of Senators. Madam Temporary Speaker, last week I left the country with the permission of the Speaker and the Clerk to attend to official parliamentary business. On my exit at the airport, the immigration officials raised an issue that there is a ‘red list’ of Senators who are not supposed to travel out of the country. After a lengthy explanation, I was eventually allowed to leave. However, yesterday on my way back to the country - I am raising this issue because it was raised on the Floor and the Speaker promised to take it up with the concerned authorities within the Government - when I reached at the immigration desk, my passport was confiscated by an immigration officer. I took her name; she is called, Hellen Makokha. She gave an explanation that she was confiscating my passport because allegedly I left the country whereas there is a ‘red list’ alert from the immigration officials that Senators should not be allowed to travel outside the country unless there is authority from the Head of Immigration. I was kept in a room for close to 45 minutes as this lady was making frantic consultations, allegedly with some higher authorities. Having arrived at 10.00 p.m., I did not leave the airport until 10.45 p.m. That is when I was released. This was happening in the view of many Kenyans who were traveling with me. They saw me being detained. Many of them were sending me text messages wondering whether I had committed any offence warranting my detention."
}