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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to tell my colleague, Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, that setting up a militia would be an illegal venture under our current dispensation. Two, yes, the Government is aware that there has been a lot of cross-border crime whereby, especially Kenyans have been harassed by our neighbours. It is not even just Uganda. I would like to mention here that Members of this House should not look at the events which have been taking place between our people and Ugandans to be the only cases. We have had cases where there have been skirmishes across the waters between Kenya and Tanzania. The position the Kenyan Government would like to take is that right now we are very vigilant and we are trying to come up with mechanisms which are going to make sure that if there will be a necessity for us to have our defence forces go and make sure that we protect our individuals, then I believe the Commander-in-Chief, who is the President of this country, will make that decision when the time comes. For now, we are engaged with our neighbours on this issue. I promise my colleague that we will try and minimize the chances of any Kenyan being harassed, hurt or killed across the border. Again, as I said, this matter is not necessarily that it was Ugandans who attacked Kenyans. Let us find out exactly what happened before we can draw a conclusion."
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