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    "id": 770746,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/770746/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am very disappointed with the answer because it did not answer the question that was requested for in the statement. It went on, winded and described what local courts can do. The idea of having ratified or being a signatory to an international convention of that nature is so that you have a right to deal bilaterally with other countries as a country and bring our children back. However, what is being described here grossly does not answer a single question that was put. The question was very simply; why is Kenya not a signatory to an international convention that protects our children that are not in our jurisdiction? What were described in the answer were local arrangements that would never help the mothers and fathers whose children have been abducted. All those arrangements that have been described do not answer the question. The question is very simple. Why is Kenya not a signatory to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction? Why are we opting out of this international convention that would protect our children? Why would a country do that and, instead, put in place other systems that would not hold water outside of a jurisdiction? So, that answer did not do anything. There was one answer about the Cabinet Secretary. We do not want to be at the mercy of a Cabinet Secretary helping us. We want our laws and the country to be signatory to that. So, even as a mother whose children have been removed, you do not have to be at the mercy of the Cabinet Secretary who will act as he sees fit. To me, that was not answered at all. I am not convinced that Kenya has done its best to protect its children that are outside the jurisdiction. I know these things may look far-removed, but it is a reality. A mother whose children were taken to Australia came to me and she could not afford to get anything. So, what were given are local arrangements that will not serve on the international jurisdiction. I beg to have comprehensive answers to this question because it was not answered at all."
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