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"speaker_name": "Mwala, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Musau",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is clearly what we call a cat walk story. I have not been told anything new. The Ministry is basically repeating the preliminary information that I had given them. Mr. Mutilangi has a family in Kenya. He was not married and that complicates the situation. There are criminals who have been preying on Mr. Mutilangi’s situation and taking advantage of the fact that he did not have an immediate family in the USA. It is feared that the same people claiming to be family, have since run away and revoked their earlier statements, that they were his family. These are the same people feared to have killed or murdered him. As we speak, Mr Mutilangi’s family in Kenya has not even buried their beloved son. He has a brother and a family in my constituency. However, they are yet to bury their beloved one because they not able to get a visa to collect the remains of their beloved one who was illegally cremated by some criminals. Unfortunately, the Ministry is giving us false hopes. In all fairness, I do not think the family has gotten justice with this response. The fourth part of my question was the action taken by the Ministry so that in similar cases, deceased persons can be transported back to the country. The family has made so many requests. They have even written to the embassy requesting for appointments but they have been denied visas to go and collect the ashes so that they can bury Mr Mutilangi according to our customs. I, therefore, fear that this particular response does not solve the issue. I do not even understand what the response is advising the family to do. It is full of hearsay. It is claiming that it is alleged that he had another family. Why did the Ministry not investigate to ascertain whether the other family exists or not? That is why the highest office that we have is that of the Prime Cabinet Secretary. Since we already know what you are telling us, we expected you to now take an extra step and tell us …"
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