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    "id": 320851,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Haji",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Defence and the Acting Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Mohammed Haji",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to make this personal statement following a statement made by the hon. member for Galole, Mr. Dhadho Godhana on Thursday, 13th September, 2012, in which he mentioned me allegedly for discussing his conduct on the Floor of the House. In his statement, hon. Godhana alleged that I portrayed him as a murderer. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the HANSARD of Thursday, 23rd August, 2012, will bear me witness that I never referred to the hon. Member in that context. During my statement on the material day, I highlighted the happenings in Tana Delta where the Pokomo and the Orma communities were engaged in ethnic conflict. At that juncture, one hon. Member stood up on a point of order saying that hon. Godhana was bragging in the corridors of Parliament that he will never attend a meeting chaired by myself as the Acting Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. He also said this to my Permanent Secretary. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 23rd August, 2012, in my capacity as the Acting Minister for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, I called a meeting of leaders and Members of Parliament from Tana, Garissa and Mandera counties. True to the word, hon. Godhana never attended the meeting. In response to the hon. Member who said that he had heard hon. Godhana bragging on the corridors of Parliament, I said “Yes, indeed, I called a meeting for Members of Parliament from the region and one Assistant Minister refused to attend the meeting and is still bragging on the corridors of Parliament.” It is at this juncture that several Members of Parliament demanded that I mention who the Assistant Minister was and that is how I said it was hon. Godhana. I then said that I will ask the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate him."
}