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    "id": 246931,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246931/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Tuju",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 345,
        "legal_name": "Raphael Tuju",
        "slug": "raphael-tuju"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I would like to clarify that the premises of the Kenya Embassy in the Hague are not in June 14, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1357 the process of being auctioned. A Dutch company, Nedermar Technology B.V. Limited applied for leave to levy a pre-judgement attachment of the premises owned by our embassy in the Netherlands. The orders were sought and granted ex-parte, that is in the absence of the representation for the Kenya Government. The orders are of a conservatory nature and have not been served on the Government of Kenya. (b) This action arises out of a security-related contract signed by the Government in November, 2002, just one month prior to the elections. All payments for contracts of this nature have been stopped by this Government. (c) The Ministry has sent a protest note to the Government of the Netherlands stressing the principle of inviolability of the mission's premises conferred by the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations and long recognised under customary international law. Additionally, the Attorney-General has also instructed a firm of lawyers to file an application seeking to lift the orders. Furthermore, the Government intends, through the Attorney-General's office to mount a rigorous defence as it is in the Government's view that the contract is illegal, unenforceable as it was procured through fraud and misrepresentation."
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