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    "id": 633088,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakuleu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisropher Doye Nakuleu",
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    "content": "EAC to constitute a technical force to conduct a survey and later submit the results to the EAC Secretariat as well as to parliaments of the respective states. The 11th Parliament ought to request for the report of that survey. We will argue properly if a proper survey was done and if part of Kenyan land was negotiated as has been alleged. From my experience, Kenya has to conduct a comprehensive survey and demarcation of all her boundaries. Kenyan boundaries are contested all over. We have a problem with Somalia with regard to the maritime waters. We have a problem with South Sudan and Ethiopia with regard to the northern part. Conducting surveys in piecemeal could be an expensive affair for a country. As a Parliament, we need to urge the Government to conduct a comprehensive survey of the entire country, so that we secure our land properly. Uganda is a member of the EAC. The treaty establishing the EAC envisages amicable dispute resolution mechanisms. Therefore, Kenya, as a member of EAC, must explore that avenue. I am against the use of force. Our Government might have failed in some ways, but Uganda is a strategic trading partner to Kenya in the EAC. Any attempt that strains our relationship has an economic bearing on the trading pattern of these countries. I request this Parliament to constitute a small technical team to pursue that matter and also find out if the demarcation exercise, which was sanctioned by the 10th Parliament, was properly done. If it was not properly done, why has the report not yet been brought back to this House? There are also sentiments by His Excellency President Museveni that the water on the other side of Lake Victoria belongs to Uganda and the road belongs to Kenya. That is conventional logic. The President knows very well that water is a fluid. Fluids have the ability to move freely. There could be some water from the Kenyan side which also flows to the Ugandan side. Why has he not questioned that logic of fluid movement? We need to take a stand and reclaim our lost land. Molestation of Kenyan citizens at Lake Victoria is an affront to justice and the sovereignty of Kenya. It cannot be condoned and Uganda must stop any act of violence against Kenyans. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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