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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the chance to contribute. This is very important. Ugandans and Kenyans are brothers and sisters, but what is happening is very unfortunate. As the people in the region, we have been striving to deepen and widen our relationship to enhance trade between us. We even want to remove borders, so that we can move freely in the region. We want to be real brothers and sisters, but what is happening in Migingo Island is a shame. As Members of the National Assembly, we cannot sit and watch. I read a story that a chief and an Administration Police officer were beaten up by Ugandan forces. Another story said that the IEBC registration clerks were kicked out by Ugandan forces. This is happening consistently. This is not a new matter. What is more disturbing is that it is not starting today or this year. It has been going on for years and we have continued to tolerate it. Where I come from, it is believed that if you do not remove a small insect moving around your body, it will bite you and it can be poisonous. We must address the issue of Migingo Island once and for all. More disturbing is that while it has been going on like this, our Government has been quiet about it, particularly in the recent past. There has been no statement. Nobody from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government has said anything. The Ministries are just quiet. We pretend that nothing is happening. It is this issue that we are silent about that is going to cause problems. The Government must speak out and tell us what it is planning to do because we are getting to an extent where we want to prepare people to get ready to defend themselves. Do we not have a Government? Why should leaders ask people to get ready? Should we acquire guns? Guns are being taken away from licensed holders. What are people in Migingo Island going to do? Are they going to get illegal firearms, so that they can defend themselves because the Government is not doing anything? Are we going to sit and watch our daily lives being disrupted by forces from Uganda and nothing is being done? The water may belong to Uganda. I do not know how that happened. I was not there, but I heard a statement from President Museveni that the water belongs to Uganda, but the land belongs to Kenya. We have to resolve this issue because we cannot go on like this. As I said in my opening remarks, we are striving to solve this. As Parliamentarians from the region, we met our colleagues from Rwanda, Tanzania and all over. We want to fast-track the process of integrating the East African Community. How are we going to work towards fast-racking the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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