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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker, Sir. Hon. Wambugu asked whether the Government will pay for the chartered aircraft. I believe there was a contract between the airline and the Kenyan Government for service. I am sure the contract is binding. So, I think there was a contract. Secondly, on the medical bills, once the crew and the Kenyan officials come, the Government will do what is necessary. On whether Mr. Chinedu and others--- From the media, we know there was only the former wife of Mr. Chinedu – Ms. Akinyi. If there are others and they are Kenyans, then I am sure once we have picked the head, then his family must look for other business; not the business that Mr. Chinedu and company were doing. Hon. Wamunyinyi asked about legal business. Our country is open to foreign investment. There are many foreigners who are doing legal and good business as per our laws and as per the Constitution. This Government will only look for those who are involved in illegal business. Hon. Ganya asked whether they will fight back. I am sure that question is there for the Government. The Government must be ready. It is the Government that has the problem as per the Constitution. The Government is ready to fight all drug dealers and those who are doing illegal business in our country. Hon. Manje has said that 10 per cent of his salary has been set aside to fight drugs. That is very good and I hope other hon. Members will increase that to 20 per cent of the salary that was given by Ms. Sarah Serem. He has also asked about the number of passengers on that chartered plane. Of course, there were five Nigerians, seven Government officials and five airline crew. Then there was hon. Munyaka. I am sure Mr. Chinedu has so many pending cases. His deportation was within the law; a document was signed by the then acting Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government under Section 43(1) of the Kenyan Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011. It gives powers to the Minister for Interior and Coordination of National Government to deport any person, either indefinitely or for a period, and who is viewed as a threat to the interests of our country. Finally, hon. Abdi Mohammed has asked whether those drug barons were known. Yes, I want to confirm that Mr. Chinedu has lived in Kenya for 17 years. It is only the Jubilee Government, in its manifesto, that says it is going to fight drugs and illicit brews. So, we have started. We will not ask what retired Presidents Kibaki, Moi and the late Kenyatta did not do. Judge us on our promises. We said we will fight drug barons and remove them from our country. That is what the Jubillee Government is doing. So, hon. Mohamed, you can ask the previous Governments what they never did. But this Government is going to deal with drug dealers."
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