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    "id": 811706,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to second this very important Motion. The facts have been relayed by Hon. Mbadi and the truth of the matter is that although the Government put up a budget to make sure that this area is surveyed and demarcated, there have been good meetings between the two countries and it is clear from the initial information and from the agreement between the two countries involved that Migingo Island is in Kenyan territory. This does not only apply to Migingo, but also to other islands too. The truth of the matter is that the Kenyan Government does not have navy presence in Lake Victoria while the Ugandan Government has theirs in Lake Victoria. When it comes to resources and out of our friendship with them, they even fuel their boats on the Kenyan side. At times, tables turn and our own fishermen who are earning a living and looking for food for their children and money to pay school fees, end up arrested by foreign forces. The moment you are arrested by a foreign force, then it means you have to be taken to court in the foreign country. When they are arrested, they are not brought to court in the Kenyan territory. They are taken to court in another country. It, therefore, means that the family has to 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."
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