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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, my hon. colleague asked two questions: “Why was he invited and how did he come?” I have already explained how he was invited, and I have said how he came. Dr. Khalwale made categorical statements that Kenya is a signatory to the Rome Statute. That is true. He asked me to confirm that we are stuck in impunity. We are not. In fact, we are making major strides. I did mention very clearly that the issue of President Al Bashir and the geopolitics of this region, and the desire for a stable, prosperous and peaceful Horn of Africa region must be looked at when we are dealing with the question of the Sudan. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought that Dr. Khalwale was going, through me, to congratulate the President for meeting President Al Bashir and unlocking the impasse that was threatening the referendum of 9th January, 2011, which is now firmly on course. The Coalition Government of Kenya does not, cannot and will not condone impunity. That must be very clear, and must be put on record. The issue of Darfur and the number of people who have died in it is a whole complex web of the difficulties that the Sudan is going through. That is why the AU has appointed an Eminent Persons Group of retired Presidents including Thabo Mbeki, Piere Buyoya and Abubakar of Nigeria, who have returned a very clear verdict, which has been adopted by the AU and forwarded to the UN – that any attempt to deal with the Sudan in isolation of the issue of peace, security, stability, reconciliation and justice will come to naught. All must be addressed jointly, if we have to secure the Sudan. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no doubt that Dr. Khalwale knows that the overflowing camps of people at Kakuma, in northern Kenya, happened when Sudan was at war with herself. The fact is that the refugee camps at Kakuma are empty, our brothers and sisters having gone back. They are now preparing for a referendum. We know that justice is a critical component of human life, but we also know that equally important is peace, stability and security. The Member of Parliament for Lari asked about the technical support we have for the Sudan. We do---"
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