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    "id": 280987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Muigai",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Githu Muigai",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to be very honest in response to the various questions that have arisen. As I said when I appeared before Mr. Musyimi’s Committee, there has been system failure; there has been a failure in the way the NCC gave its approvals; there has been failure in the oversight provided by the Ministry of Local Government; there has been failure in the way the Ministry of Lands maintained records; and there has been failure in the manner the Office of the Attorney-General processed the complaints relating to many of these buildings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think that the solution now lies in the past. I propose that the answer lies in the future and it is as follows. Going forward, there is a commitment at the highest level of Government - that this matter has been discussed in the Cabinet - that this process must never be allowed to occur again. The Government must not be put in a situation where it has to demolish the property of its citizens or the property of investors. However, in this very unhappy situation, this was a necessary evil and the Government has assumed responsibility for it. It will not happen again because illegal structures will not be allowed to flourish. As regards the question about refugees, this word in the Statement is used not in its technical sense of persons to whom refugee status has been granted in Kenya. It is used in the sense of persons who have gained residence in Nairobi and Eastleigh in particular, who are neither citizens of Kenya nor persons legally permitted to be in Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think every hon. Member of this House knows that we are living at a time when terrorism poses a very clear and present danger. There is not a week that we have not had to confront this particular problem. The Government is concerned---"
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