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    "id": 316008,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/316008/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to deliver an unsolicited Ministerial Statement following the demise of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia His Excellency Atto Meles Zenawi on 21st August, 2012. My Statement also comes in the wake of reports about alleged uncomplimentary remarks about the late Prime Minister attributed to some of our nationals. Members may be aware that His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki issued a message of condolence to the Government and people of Ethiopia on behalf of the Government and the people of Kenya, which I personally delivered to the Acting Prime Minister of Ethiopia, His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegne. I was warmly received in Addis Ababa and assured by the Acting Prime Minister that there will be no change in the friendly relations between our two countries and that his Government will continue to pursue existing policies with us. I wish to point out that under the leadership of Prime Minister Zenawi; Ethiopia has been a very stabilizing influence in the region. Both Kenya and Ethiopia share common history of suffering under the aggressive irredentist ideology that was espoused by Somalia under Siad Barre. A key blank of both Kenya’s and Ethiopia’s foreign policy under successive leaders, from 1960s to the present, has, therefore, been to protect the borders that we inherited at Independence as they were considered sacrosanct."
}