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    "id": 1443735,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1443735/?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": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
    },
    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, on the first aspect, I would like to inform the House that consular offices at our missions abroad normally visit Kenyans in distress in the host countries such as those in hospitals, detention centres or prisons. They offer assistance that includes issuance of emergency travel documents to Kenyans in the diaspora who may be in distress and want to voluntarily return. This is in line with the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations that provides for general functions of a consulate, which includes protecting the interests of its nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate within the limits permitted by international law. The consular functions listed in Article 5 include issuing passports and travel documents to nationals of the sending state and assistance in succession matters. Further, Article 36 of the Convention confers the following rights to a consular officer- (a) The right to receive information regarding the arrest of nationals of sending states. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
}