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    "id": 573018,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/573018/?format=api",
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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": "On agreements that we signed, the two Presidents agreed on a strategy on a new visa regime where our students and businessmen will get long-term visa arrangements. Secondly, an agreement was signed with regard to security concerning the Security Governance Initiative and Joint Action Plan. As a Member of Parliament from a minority Muslim community, President Obama had respect for the minority. He said that the Muslim community in Kenya and in the USA is a common denominator that the two countries share. In the war against terror, those communities must be brought on board. They must not be radicalized and extra-judicial killings must stop. The criminals must be looked for and the innocent among these communities must be used and brought on board in the war against terror. I hope our security agents and our people have heard that. A co-operation was signed in reducing the Biological Engagement Programmes Agreement between our two Governments. On the business deals that were signed on the sidelines, Equity Bank Company Group signed a preliminary agreement with the USA’s Government Overseas Private Investment Corporation which deals with private equity. Under this agreement, Equity Bank Group, as a private entity, is in line to receive US$20.2 billion from Tetroscopic Corporation. Once confirmed, the money will be sent. More fundamentally, President Obama announced that Kenya along with Zambia and Mali has been chosen to host the Women Entrepreneurship Academy, which the USA Government will build. This Academy will expose our young women entrepreneurs to the highest international standards and give them the best business practices that will make them thrive both in our country and in the globe. President Obama confirmed in his own words that he was the first Kenyan Black American to be President. He has confirmed his roots. He has taught us in the political class three things. He said that we must be united and stop ethnic politics. He said that if we go the route of ethnic politics and balkanisation, our country will disintegrate. He said that together, from the citizens to the highest office, we must fight corruption. Corruption is not unique to Kenya. Above all, he said that we must allow women to play in the team. Finally, he said that he and his Government will walk with us shoulder to shoulder in the war against terror and that minorities, like in the USA, must not be profiled, extra-judicial killings must stop and all the 40 million Kenyans, regardless of their religion and ethnic backgrounds, must work together in the war against terror."
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