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    "id": 550623,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not satisfied with the explanation by the distinguished Senator for Garissa County who is the Chairperson of the Committee on National Security and Foreign affairs. There are continuing reports from Bujumbura and the unfolding events that are being reported are not positive. Like I said, this is a matter of extreme importance and one would have expected a responsible Government to bring the Statement as urgently as is practically possible in obedience to your direction. You may recall that yesterday the President of Burundi attempted to fly to his country from Tanzania but he could not land. He had to go back to Dares Salaam. Reports indicate that there are two factions in the army; loyalists and those who have staged the coup. It is a real risk that armed conflict can ensue. I need to repeat that we have many Kenyans and Kenyan investments in that country – bankers, hospitality workers, teachers, nurses and many more. Not to mention that the head of one of the United Nations (UN) agencies in Burundi is a Kenyan and immediate former personal assistant to the Secretary-General of the UN. All these persons from our country stand the real risk of being caught up in a cycle of violence, particularly given the history of this country which has had genocidal waves in the past. The Chairperson, even in the interim, could have assured the country that as soon as the air space of Burundi ---"
}