{"id":673813,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/673813/?format=json","text_counter":57,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"his Vice Chairperson who was in the House when you gave direction. Your considered view which was very correct in my consideration was that the matter was very urgent. It involved possible loss of human lives, people losing their investments and being in line of danger. Today, the Chairperson was to give, at the very least, preliminary information to the House and the country as to what emergency measures are being taken to evacuate Kenyans from South Sudan. Since the hostilities broke up, it is only yesterday that the Government announced that one aircraft had landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with an unspecified numbers of Kenyans. This could be a 50 passanger carrier because the airport in Khartoum does not take Jumbo jets. It takes embraers and other small aircrafts. I informed the House that globally, Uganda has much fewer people in South Sudan than Kenya. However, they have sent in their troops to protect their nationals and superintend over their evacuation back home. We have been told by the distinguished Senator for Mandera of Kenyans who have been injured and are lying in hospitals in a neighbouring country. This is a not a matter to wait. We have an army with equipment, including aerial services. Why have they not gone to Juba to airlift Kenyans who are marooned? From reliable information, some are marooned in banks and others are marooned in hotels with very little services. If we cannot help our nationals across the border, how shall we help those who are even further if such situations happen? Other issues like why the international community has allowed Gen. Salva Kiir and Gen. Riek Machar to have combatants fully armed as standing armies in a little town such as Juba can come later. What are we doing to save the lives of Kenyans from this troubled country? We wish Sudanese people well. However, when there is trouble, our first port of call and duty is to save our nationals."}