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    "id": 213091,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/213091/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 23rd May, 2007, Mr. M'Mukindia asked for a Ministerial Statement concerning alleged attacks on Kenyans visiting South Africa. I would like to state as follows. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs joins the hon. Members of Parliament and all Kenyans in expressing concern over the increasing incidents of attacks on Kenyans visiting South Africa. The Minister has expressed this concern to the South African Government, through its High Commission in Nairobi, with a request for necessary action on reports lodged on the attacks. The South African High Commission has assured us that investigations have been launched, and that the Ministry should expect a formal response soon. The Kenya High Commissioner to South Africa has equally been instructed to follow up this matter and report back to us. Meanwhile, the Ministry is aware that there have been many cases of attacks on Kenyans, during which they lost personal belongings. In the year 2007, there were, at least, eight reported incidents in which Kenyans were attacked in South Africa, mainly on the way to Johannesburg from the Oliver Tambo International Airport. These incidents have been reported to have normally taken place between 8.00 p.m. and 1.00 a.m. The Ministry is also aware that incidents of crime in South Africa are not isolated to Kenyans, but are affecting many other people, including South 2576 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 18, 2007 Africans themselves."
}