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    "id": 1277314,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1277314/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you very much. Hon. Speaker. Allow me to ask the Cabinet Sectary this Question. He was and is still a ranking Member of this House. I think that rank does not go away, Hon. Speaker. I want to ask about the Banyamulenge in Eastern DRC. They have been excluded from the talks headed by the Kenyan delegation, which the former President heads. As you know, the Banyamulenge cross-cut both Rwanda and the DRC. However, they are one of the oppressed communities in these talks. Unfortunately, they were removed from the table when our former President held the talks, yet they are suffering. Their leader, Prof. Lazare, is incarcerated, and nobody knows where he is. They have been asking Kenya to help them. Unfortunately, this information does not seem to reach the former President's desk because they have been blocked. It said the former President is a friend to the current President of the DRC. Therefore, he is siding more with the current DRC regime than accommodating everyone. I do not know whether Hon. Uhuru is an impartial arbiter in the DRC or has taken sides, blocking other aggrieved people from accessing the negotiation table. One of the affected is Prof. Lazare Rukundwa. He is a professor. He runs a small university. He was arrested during the last two weeks. He has been incarcerated and held incommunicado. His family does not know where he is. Cabinet Secretary, you have a responsibility to ensure that Kenya is a good arbiter in these discussions and that everybody in the DRC is protected."
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