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    "id": 797312,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M.D. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Dahir Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Speech by His Excellency the President. First of all, I start by commending our President for a wonderful Speech. It touched the hearts of all Kenyans who heard him. Among the issues he noted in his Speech was security. In respect of where I represent, the Dadaab Constituency in Garissa County, we neighbour the Republic of Somalia. In his Speech yesterday, he gave a full page on the matter of Somalia and I commend him for noting that. As the President said, Somalia is our neighbour and we are not at war. However, I want to go on record that the border between Somalia and Kenya has been closed for over 10 years and yet we have regular flights from Nairobi to Mogadishu and other cities in Somalia. We have a Kenyan Mission in Mogadishu. We have Kenya Defence Forces in Somalia. We have many Kenyans in the hospitality industry and many professions such as health and education in Somalia. What has surprised many of us from that region is the fact that the land bordering Kenya and Somalia has remained closed for over a decade and yet it is not one as such. We are losing revenue because the sugar and food commodities consumed in North Eastern or what was referred to as Northern Frontier; Garissa Wajir and Mandera, all come from Somalia. We are not collecting revenue from that importation of goods through the porous border of Somalia. We have also impoverished the people of northern Kenya bordering Somalia because they depend on trade. The fact that there is no cross-border trade has caused serious migration of the people of North Eastern to other parts of Kenya. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}