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    "id": 1519419,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1519419/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Sen. Eddy was agitated and because he is my friend, I thought maybe something was wrong. The point that I was conversing is that I know people have argued on Kenya's position on DRC. What is our position on DRC? Kenya is part and parcel of the East African Community (EAC). For the last two or three years, the EAC member States had military presence in DRC. They ensured that they managed the conflict so successfully, that by the time they were exiting late last year upon the request of DRC, not a single soldier had lost their life. However, given that DRC had the strong view and Rwanda is part and parcel of the EAC, they were not comfortable with having the presence of the rest of the countries. They said they were conflicted. They requested that EAC soldiers pull out of that country and allow other regional bodies. Therefore, SADC stepped up. This is why there are soldiers from Southern Africa in that region doing peacekeeping missions. Therefore, I do not understand why people would want to say that Kenya, in their positioning of their situation in DRC, should have taken a different direction. How do you disown the rest of the EAC; a community that you are part and parcel of?"
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