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    "id": 1229444,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1229444/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me also lend my voice to this Motion, which has been ably moved by the Chairperson of the Committee, by stating, from the outset, that I support it. I support it in principle because this co-operation has been useful and beneficial to both Kenya and the United Kingdom over the years. There have been issues around it that we can continue to thrash out as we move along. It is very important that we support this Motion so that the House approves this Agreement to allow the two countries to continue engaging within the law. I know that there has been a lacuna since the expiry of the previous Agreement. This Agreement must now be approved for us to operate within the law. I agree that this is the right way to go in terms of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act of 2012. No agreement can ever have force of law unless this House approves the same within the meaning of this Act. Therefore, by bringing this Motion today, the Chairperson and his Committee are basically fulfilling the requirements of not only the Act, but also the Standing Orders and the Constitution of this country. I am happy that the Committee is proposing the adoption of this Agreement, subject to some reservations. The matter of Wanjiru is very sad. The matter of that young lady is traumatising, to say the least. Until it is resolved, this country shall never be at peace. As we approve this Agreement, I plead with the Chairperson and his able Committee to pursue this matter to its logical conclusion. Whatever it takes, in the final analysis, let us, as a House, ensure that the family of that young lady finds justice. We cannot hide behind legal technicalities or jargon to deny that family its deserved justice. Crime is crime and murder is a crime. Therefore, we cannot exempt murder from crimes or criminal acts that the host nation is required to try. When you commit murder in a host nation, that host nation must have the jurisdiction to try you, whether you have left its jurisdiction or not. You must be extradited to face trial in a fair, open and transparent process, as we believe our Judiciary should be. We may have similar cases in future. What shall we tell"
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