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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyonka",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will start with the last one. I did not say that it was a secret issue. I said that it was a security issue. The simple reason being that if we were to come out and start discussing that Kenya is ready with 400 trucks which will carry individuals or we have 15 aeroplanes which will carry Kenyans coming from Southern Sudan, that would be basically alarmist. I raised these issues by saying that the details of what will take place in case of any eventuality, the Kenyan Government has systems and interventions in place to deal with the situation. I hope that my colleague will sympathize with me on that one. The point I wanted to raise is that before I go straight into answering the questions that my colleagues have asked, indeed, we went to Juba. For me, historically, it was the first time that Kenyan Members of Parliament had gone to Juba. They were 30 of them and it was a wonderful experience and many of us came back different. We had gone there on a fact finding mission. We were briefed and when we came back, we were better. Hon. Mungatana raised a very critical issue. I would like to tell my colleague, Mr. Mungatana, that he is right. The reason why many of these issues have been taking place is because Kenya, as a Government, did not sign any joint commissions or any basic agreements on privileges or any other issues. We have been operating on auto-pilot and we are praying and hoping that once the referendum is over, whatever the eventuality, the Government will come up with mechanisms so that we have joint"
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