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    "id": 338247,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/338247/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Muigai",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 408,
        "legal_name": "Githu Muigai",
        "slug": "githu-muigai"
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    "content": " Particularly the distinguished Member for Kilome. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, following your directions on the 29th of November, 2012 and further directions on the 6th of December, 2012, I beg to respond as follows:- Mr. Mwau, the Member for Kilome, provided me with a copy of a letter dated 5th December 2012 which I forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for his comments. I am now happy to confirm that the DPP has responded to the said letter. He has confirmed that the letter produced by Mr. Mwau is authentic. It is one offered by him on the 25th of March, 2009 and directed to the Attorney-General of the United States of America. In addition, the DPP has also provided the following information:- A red notice was issued by Interpol against one George Kiragu a fugitive from justice wanted in Kenya in respect of the seizure of 1,141.5 kilogrammes of cocaine. On 23rd of March, 2009 the Interpol Washington offices informed Interpol Nairobi that the US authorities in the State of Maryland had temporarily detained a person who appeared to match the description of George Kiragu while applying for admission into the United States. They required the Kenyan authorities to confirm whether the subject was still wanted in this country and, if so, to supply copies of the charges and the identification information, including photographs and finger prints. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, they also advised that if his extradition was still required then an urgent provisional warrant of arrest be issued by the Government of the Republic of Kenya. The CID contacted the office of the DPP with an urgent request to prepare a request for provisional warrant of arrest as advised by Interpol in Washington. On the basis of that request the DPP wrote the letter the subject matter of the Question by the hon. Member. However, on the 26th of March 2009, communication was received from Interpol, Washington, informing the Kenyan authorities that the US authorities had confirmed that the person in their custody was not George Kiragu, the subject of the earlier red notice. They further confirmed that the subject in custody was born in 1980 and admitted to the United States of America as a student in December, 2005, and that he had legal"
}