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    "id": 1282045,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Statement read by the Leader of the Majority Party evokes sad memories for those who live on the border between Uganda and Kenya. We are constrained by the Standing Orders and the law not to discuss the behaviour of a foreign or friendly country adversely. Still, we would have very unkind words about the behaviour and actions of the Ugandan soldiers and the Ugandan Government. Indeed, using innocent herders as bait for killers who committed heinous crimes abuses human rights. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party has stated, the response seems cowardly. One would imagine Kenya is subservient or afraid of the Government of Uganda. We must act decisively because we have the economic and military power beyond what Ugandans can do. In the order of things, our legal system is far superior to the Ugandan system. Therefore, releasing our members to go and get tried in a rag-tag country with a poor judicial system like that of Uganda is demeaning the status of the country called Kenya. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I stand today, about three weeks ago, the Ugandan soldiers invaded Busende and Bumbe Beach within the waters of Kenya, grabbed innocent fishermen, and took them to Uganda. It has been damn expensive to get these Kenyans who have been unlawfully arrested and incarcerated in Ugandan jails. There are horror stories of how they are beaten in the stomach, forced to eat raw fish, and so on. We cannot allow our people to suffer that way. It has got to a time that the leadership that be, the one that holds the levers in the Executive, to call the Ugandan Government to order so that we live together as friendly neighbours. We should not be viewed as if we have no might to address these challenges. I sincerely hope that the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Foreign Affairs and all those in charge of security will take serious action regarding this matter."
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