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    "id": 1561976,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561976/?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",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to respond as follows. Firstly, I will respond on the measures that the Government is taking to intervene and assist Mr Chris Anyuga Barake. He is a Kenyan citizen and a holder of passport No.B203878. He travelled to India as a student and joined Karnatak University. He was arrested on 6th October 2023 for cyber fraud and charged with the offence of identity theft and cheating by impersonation using computer resources under the Information Technology Act of India. He was also charged under the Foreigners Act for not having a valid visa. He is being detained at Nelamangala Detention Camp in Bengaluru pending the determination of his case. The second aspect of the Question is the measures being taken by the Ministry to facilitate the family in reuniting with Mr Chris Barake. He has an advocate representing him in court. He was granted a personal bond of 200,000 Indian rupees with one surety of the same amount. However, he is yet to be released until he renews his visa to enable the trial court to make further orders for his release. He has paid for the renewal of the visa which is under review by the Indian Government. Our mission in New Delhi makes welfare checks on Mr Anyuga. The latest one was on 16th April 2025, and they confirmed he is in good health. The mission has also been following up on the progress of the case and making regular updates to the family. The third aspect is the measures being taken to safeguard Kenyans in foreign countries. The Government has a constitutional mandate to protect its citizens, including those in the diaspora. There is a raft of measures in place to safeguard Kenyans in foreign countries. I will try to highlight some of them, but most of them are in the written answer that I have already provided. One is the continuous registration of Kenyans abroad at the embassies and the State Department for Diaspora Affairs for accountability. The Government has also signed several labour agreements and is still negotiating others aimed at safeguarding the rights and welfare of Kenyans working abroad. We have also introduced mobile consular services outreach programmes to reach as many Kenyans in remote parts abroad - away from where the embassies are - to assist them in getting the relevant travel documents. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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