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    "id": 1443720,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1443720/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": "Yes, we are aware of the case of Stephen Bertrand Munyakho, who was incarcerated on a case of manslaughter in Riyadh. A few weeks ago, I wrote officially to the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, intervening that this individual should not be executed. That execution was deferred; it did not take place. I also had the opportunity to meet the mother of Stephen Bertrand Munyakho and we had a conversation. The challenge is that there is a proposal that is being mooted by the family of the person who died, that they be compensated to the tune of Kshs150 million. The family has raised about Kshs10 million, and they continue to try and raise more money. This is what they call blood money, some financial settlement for that. It would be remiss of me not to notify the nation and Parliament that there is no budgetary provision for the Government to settle this kind of situation, whether in Saudi or any other country. However, the Ministry and the Government is doing what it can to see if this matter can be resolved differently, and if the family that lost their individual can perhaps climb down from the high level of Kshs150 million, so that this case can be resolved. It is work in progress, it is a conversation that is ongoing. The second one, which you talked about, we are yet to obtain information. I will not be able to respond immediately to that specific one. We will need a little more time to get more details on that one."
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