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    "id": 301908,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/301908/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, nobody--- The Vice- President does not go to campaign among the diaspora neither does the Prime Minister do that. It is standard practice that whenever a senior member of the Government is out there on official duty, Kenyans who live out there organise themselves and they want to be addressed by the visiting member of the Government. The President addressed Kenyans the day before yesterday in London. When I go to London, I am going to be addressing Kenyans next Saturday. I am going also to address other sets of investors in London. So, this is not a campaign issue. That is the time that the Vice-President donates when he is out there. It is discretionary. You can address or you can also not address people. Sometimes Ministers do not address people. When the Prime Minister is out there, Kenyans will come. Recently, I was in the City of Guanzhou in China and over 200 Kenyans came to meet me. Unfortunately, because of the insecurity as per the Chinese officials--- The fear of Al-Shabaab, Al Qaeda and so on, I was not allowed to address these Kenyans, but they were allowed to just send four people to my room to discuss with me. They had travelled from various parts of the country. So, the answer to the question is that the Vice-President and the Prime Minister do not travel on Government expenses to go and campaign among the Kenyan diaspora."
}