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    "id": 895728,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "the Kenya Power (KP) scandal and the Anglo leasing scandals. Can you imagine that Anglo leasing cases are still going on, 13 years down the line? For example, my brother David Mwiraria went to his maker with a charge hanging over his head. Perhaps he would have been acquitted and gone a free man. Therefore, our courts must style up. Courts do not act in vain. The prosecutors must bring cases to court with proper evidence; in time and ensure that justice is dispensed quickly, fairly and justly to all that are brought before the courts. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the President spoke about our obligations as a nation. I have a feeling – having been a Minister of Foreign Affairs for quite a long time – that Kenya is punching below its weight in the region and we can do much better. We are having problems with Somalia, which is a country that is beholden to us. We are having problems with Uganda over Migingo Island; a country that is a member of the East African Community (EAC). We are quarrelling over all manner of things. In fact, when the President announced that he was giving land to Uganda to build a dry port in Naivasha, I thought President Museveni would stand up and say that he reciprocates by never again laying claim to Migingo Island, which is part of Kenyan territory. However, nothing like that happened. We are constantly looking weak in the face of our neighbours when, in fact, we are the super power of this sub region. I, therefore, encourage that the country becomes more vibrant and boisterous in the manner we execute our foreign policy. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, South Sudan – a country whose peace and independence we negotiated at enormous cost – has now abandoned Kenya. It is opening new routes all the way through Ethiopia to Djibouti, denying us business, jobs and everything. Surely, if we were doing the right things, there is no way South Sudan can leave Kenya and go to Djibouti. There is no way that we can have Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi exploring alternatives to go to Tanga to build a new port, when we have Mombasa, which is the nearest. It means that our diplomacy is not quite ticking. We need to do something about it because every time it does not work, we lose opportunities for creation of wealth and jobs; as well as our status as the giant of the region."
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