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    "id": 691095,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/691095/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "have over 200 British families living in Nanyuki on almost a permanent basis. Here, they promote the local economy. I would like to demystify some of the issues that have been raised. The picture that has been painted is of a community that does not integrate well with the locals. That is far from the truth. Indeed, we have had instances of crime, but they have been few and spaced out. It is not really the order of the day. It is not that every single day, a British national who is training in Kenya commits crime. With regard to statistics on cases of rape, it is true that some time back, when the British forces were training in Dol Dol, together with the Kenya Forces, rape cases were reported. We accept that there were instances of rape. It used to happen in the fields which were being used as training grounds by both Kenyan and British Forces. It would not be right to apportion blame only to the British forces. Over the last 10 years, we have not had a single instance of rape. I know of one instance of crime that still remains unresolved. The British Government together with Kenyan authorities are doing their best to make sure that, that particular crime is resolved. Crime is not the preserve of other nationals who come to Kenya. Murder, rape and all other forms of crime occur every time. When they are committed by other nationals, it should not be made to look like it is greater than if it is committed by a local person. When you visit Nanyuki Town on a market day, you will find so many British nationals shopping in the vegetable market near Majengo. They mingle and get along so easily with the local population."
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