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    "id": 8461,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/8461/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyonka",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 128,
        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
        "slug": "richard-onyonka"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government is aware that Mr. Edward Kamau (Passport No. A699793) and Mr. Albert Mutua (Passport No. A1057312 are actually being held in jail in Somaliland. The two were arrested on 29th October, 2011 and they are facing charges relating to industrial sabotage. They were arraigned in court for the mention of their case on 2nd November, 2011 and later on a hearing date was fixed for the mention on 8th November, 2011. Mr. Speaker, Sir, these two individuals were actually working for a beverage company in Somaliland which has been having a trade dispute with an unnamed South African company over bottling issues. It is alleged that equipment valued at US$120,000 was sabotaged and property destroyed. (b) The Kenyan Mission to Somalia has informed us that the Kenyan community in Hargesia with the support of the Kenyan Mission in Somalia has got a lawyer which is dealing with the matter. The Chairman of the Kenyan community in Somaliland has been visiting the two individuals because we do not have an ambassador or an embassy in Somaliland. The Ministry has been in contact with the relatives of these two individuals and we have asked the Somaliland authorities to make sure that they expedite the trial of the two individuals or have them released as soon as possible."
}