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    "id": 2527,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2527/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Haji",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I said earlier, this august House will remember that there have been numerous cases of Al Shabaab impunity and cross border incursions that have been propagated by the militants such as the attack on Dadajabula Police Post in 2009, the General Service Unit (GSU) camp in Liboi in 2010, laying of mines and improvised explosive devices in Mandera Town targeting the police and the military in July, 2011 and the increase in bandit attacks along the border in September, 2011. Other border violations have also been documented during initial operations in Bula Hawa in March 2011, Bula Haji operation in September, 2011 and the recent operation in Doble also in September, 2011. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Al Shabaab has also been responsible for several kidnappings and hijackings within the country. Some of the documented cases include abduction of two Catholic nuns in Elwak and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) workers in Mandera in 2009 and the capture of two soldiers at Diff in July, 2011. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 16th October, 2011, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in exercise of the right to self determination under Article 51 of the Charter to the UN, engaged the Al Shabaab. This was done in defense of the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of the Republic. Consequently, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) launched the"
}