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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "id": 431,
        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to know, since you have closed our borders for that time, whether it is measureable, through research, how many incidences of insecurity have been reduced. Has the passage of small arms reduced? You have to demonstrate that there was the passage of small arms and incidences of insecurity arising due to the fact that the border had been closed and then you show the reduction of the small arms. Secondly, in the current context, it is inevitable to have borders closed. That is a fact. The fact that we have good neighbours and bad neighbours is something that this country will have to contend with. Kenya has an international obligation to keep its borders open, particularly for people who are trying to flee from situations of conflict. That is an international obligation that Kenya has. Keeping borders closed means that you have put people between a rock and a hard place. By that mere fact, would it not be prudent for us to boost our international commitments and bolster our border security rather than putting people who are in situations of distress into further jeopardy? We will continue to have these problems whether we like it or not. We, as a country, must be prepared to see how we will evaluate our strategies to be most effective in terms of our security and our neighbourliness."
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