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    "id": 691070,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/691070/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyonka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": "we felt that it is a good deal. We would like to acknowledge and understand that because of the current challenges and the issues which have come up in terms of national security, terrorism and matters like that, we believe that Kenya will benefit by having the British Government provide us with the necessary intelligence that we may need in order to curtail any attacks that may come. It was also important that the training of Kenyan soldiers which will be provided by the British Government will go a long way in making sure that the relationships are deepened and cemented between the two countries. The only thing that I would like to make to the British Government because I know that as we speak in this House, the British Government is aware and even the ambassador to Britain is aware that we are debating this Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA), we feel that the it needs to be a little bit more acceptable to Kenyans who are travelling to the UK. It is nearly impossible for somebody to get a visa to the UK because you go through a whole plethora of things that you have to fulfil. The truth and the reality is that the British Government, if you are aware, last week allowed Rwanda, Botswana and one other country, maybe Djibouti, to go to Britain without need for a Visa. Kenya needs to be brought onto this. The British Government needs to consider this so that they can accommodate us because of friendly relations that we have with them. The other issue that was very sensitive is the banning of miraa from the Meru and Isiolo areas. Under this, we were informed properly that there was not much we could do for the simple reason that the House of Commons and the House of Lords had passed a law which banned"
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