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    "id": 384441,
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    "speaker_name": "June 13, 2013 SENATE DEBATES 14 Sen. Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was trying to answer the concerns that were raised by Members. However, they are apparently overshooting on our time notwithstanding the fact that with regard to comparative cost, it would not be reasonable to expect the Deputy President to travel to four countries with the same appointment of time and days in a commercial plane which out of experience we know causes a lot of delays. That would have been an embarrassment to Kenya as a nation. On the issue of receipts and invoices, I do not have those with me neither am I prepared to present them today as well as documents showing the procurement process. The issue of the former Prime Minister using this plane earlier is irrelevant. We are not dealing with the previous Government. We are dealing with the current Government. Hon. Hassan asked whether the visit was relevant. It was relevant. If you listened to me carefully when I was explaining why the Deputy President was going for this shuttle, I said it was to get a report that he would give to the President to go with to the African Union (AU) meeting which was held on 23rd and 24th May. Top of the agenda was the issue of Somalia and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). It was clearly not important for him to visit the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Members because these ones are already on board and support the initiative being undertaken by Kenya. Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, I want to thank him for being very sharp and saying that if this had some relevance with the AU meeting, then it was in order. I want to assure him that it had a lot of relevance to the AU meeting. Sen. Muthama said that when the Deputy President came back he did not make a statement. I think making a statement is not relevant. He was tasked by the Office of the President and, indeed, he went to brief the President when he came back. As a result of that brief, the President attended the AU meeting and IGAD was mandated to deal with the issue of Somalia. Therefore, it was quite relevant. I think I have answered all the questions."
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