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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of funds which was raised by Mr. Konchella, the continuing stay of Somali hon. Members in Kenya has nothing to do with funds. Indeed, they are staying in hotels, and I have no doubt they are paying. But what we have said is that there is a real danger of the vacuum they have left back in their country, because there they are a very critical institution; they must go back and do their work. Kenya will continue under humanitarian law, to which we are a signatory, to host some needy cases of refugees from our neighbours, including Somalia, provided their presence does not compromise our security. Our border with Somalia is closed: It remains closed! It is also important and instructive for me to tell this House that even with the closure of the border, in the last six or seven months, we have had 55,000 Somali nationals registering at the Dadaab Camp as refugees, having walked through the closed border. So, Kenya, as a country that is a little better off than its neighbours, - this is to the question by Mrs. Shabesh - should carry its responsibility to help others. The IGAD process is carried out by the region on behalf of both the AU and the UN. I think we should be lauded for being magnanimous. We assisted Southern Sudan and the Sudan Government to enter the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA). We are the midwives, as it were, of the transitional federal institutions of Somalia, and the difficulties they face notwithstanding, I encourage that Kenyans continue assisting the region because the absence of peace in Somalia remains a major challenge to us. It is our duty to ensure that there is peace there. Thank you."
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