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    "id": 32713,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/32713/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "The responsibility of the Government is to enable the Kenyan people to assert their sovereignty. That is the constitutional mandate and the most important business of the Government is to safeguard and protect the property, safety and wellbeing of its citizens. So, it is, therefore, a big failure on the part of the Government that, that project - Gibe 3 along Omo River - is being undertaken when the Government has not had a voice over its impact on the Kenyan people. It is very important that this House also speaks forcefully and takes a position as part of this Government, to demand that the Government also takes a stand. This is an issue where we have an example of Egypt with regard to River Nile. It has been said in Egypt that if you want fire – that is what they have said regarding the upper countries of Kenya, Uganda and the rest – play with the waters of the Nile. That is the basic principle of Egypt because without the flow of River Nile into Egypt, the lives of over 70 million people in Egypt would be seriously endangered. Therefore, no development undertaking should take place on the upper side without consulting the stakeholders, with Egypt being one of them."
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