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    "id": 84958,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/84958/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "There is a general challenge of Somalia as a failed state. As somebody who has served as an ambassador there, I can tell you that the greatest challenge that Kenya faces today, the survival of Kenya and the security of Kenya is that of the failed state of Somalia. Therefore, it is not a matter that we can take lightly as citizens or as a Government. This is one single factor that must occupy the mind and the heart of the Kenyan Government, the President and the Cabinet almost on a 24-hour basis. In the other countries that have similar challenges like Ethiopia and Djibouti which are frontline states, the matter is taken into consideration by their national parliaments and the Government on a daily basis. I think there is general good will in Kenya and on the part of the Government but the strategy is not coherent. Once you do not have a coherent strategy, then you lose the meaning. At some stage the matter is considered as a security issue and is handled by the Office of the President while at some stage it is taken as a foreign matter and, therefore, it is handled by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. At some stage it is taken as a regional challenge and taken up by the Minister for East African Co- operation. So, there is a mismatch of strategy in terms of how we deal with this matter. I am saying this because we have particular experience in dealing with it."
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