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    "id": 1279586,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1279586/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Loima, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Protus Akujah",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise to present a public Petition regarding 41 Kenyans court-martialed and convicted for eight to 40 years imprisonment in Uganda. I, the undersigned, on behalf of concerned citizens in the Republic of Kenya, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, 41 Kenyans were arrested, detained and hurriedly convicted for between eight to 40 years by a Moroto Third Division Military courts, after a cordon and search operation conducted by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF); THAT, all 41 Turkana pastoralists were taken through a one-day court martial trial without legal representation or right to appeal, while the right to a fair trial is that every person should be presumed innocent until proven guilty; THAT, a majority of those convicted are minors below the age of 18 years who were rounded up in their homes and alleged to be in possession of illegal arms and ammunition; THAT, all those happenings were brought to the attention of the Kenyan Government but no action has been taken to secure the release of the unlawfully convicted Kenyans; THAT, there is no clear information on which prison facilities these convicts are confined in or trace to prove they are still alive; THAT, efforts made to the Kenyan Embassy in Uganda to address and follow up on the matter have not borne any fruits; THAT, it is rational and patently absurd for the Kenyan Government to give a deaf ear to the plight of its citizens who are suffering and mistreated in a foreign country; Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the relevant Committee, make an inquiry into all matters raised in this Petition with a view to ensuring that: 1. The Government of Kenya acts with speed to secure the release of the 41 unlawfully convicted Kenyans whose whereabouts are unknown. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}