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    "speaker_name": "November 1, 2016 SENATE DEBATES 7 Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senate Minority Leader for raising this issue in the Senate and seeking a Statement from the Government on the issue of South Sudan. The three East African countries; Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan are extremely important to the security and the economy of this country. The cultural linkages we have are also important. Sometime ago, a group in the National Assembly made a statement which was partisan to one faction in South Sudan. As the Senate Minority Leader mentioned, there is the Riek Machar faction and the Salva Kiir faction. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this country has been known to be a home to the refugees from Sudan, Ethiopia and other places. This is not the time for any person in leadership, especially the legislature, to issue statements collectively condemning or denigrating a particular faction in South Sudan. You may not only put in danger Kenyans living in South Sudan, particularly where one faction is dominant, but you make it difficult to initiate the process of peace making by this nation. May I ask the ruling party - because most of the Members who spoke were Members of the ruling party - to reign in these renegades and ensure that they respect the dignity of this nation and the process of peace making in South Sudan. It is important because we must not assume that although President Salva Kiir is the juridical legal President of South Sudan, he actually presides over South Sudan as a nation. The factions in that nation are tearing the nation apart. I hope that as we seek this Statement, the Government takes urgent action to initiate the process of peace making in South Sudan."
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