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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabogo",
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        "legal_name": "William Kabogo Gitau",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is the very sad story of Kenyans suffering in a foreign jail without trial. I want to remind the Attorney General of his words on the 11th October; and I want to quote:- “What I would like to consider, however, is the manner in which the custody of these suspects was obtained by a friendly Government was not consistent with international law and practice”. So, really, the Attorney-General is aware that these people were kidnapped. You can hear him say it was a routine inspection. So, the interest that he says was expressed by the Tanzanian Government is nowhere on record. Could we urge the Attorney General to send lawyers to Tanzania to free Kenyans now, and not tomorrow? There is really no reason why these people are in Tanzania. If they are suspects, we have a legal system. They have been there for a long time. It is a pity that two of them have died. They have been there. Two have died and they are still going for the mention of their cases; but not trial. In the year 2009, when the daughter of one Member of Parliament was arrested in Malaysia, the Government sent two lawyers to Malaysia and this girl was released. What is it about those 11 Kenyans that the Government does not want to tell us? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, do we walk to Tanzania or ambush the President of Tanzania when he is here in the country and ask him to release those Kenyans? What does the Government want Kenyans to do? This is a very simple question. Could we send the Attorney-General to Tanzania? Cliff Ombeta, the lawyer who was attempting to represent those people was chased away by the same policemen in Tanzania. You can see it is in an affidavit that it is our Kenyan policemen who handed them over and even signed handing over notes that I tabled here. So, really, this Government has no business to tell us that it is doing all it can. I want to be informed, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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