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    "id": 91195,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will take two minutes. I do not want to dwell much on what the Minister has said about the Police Reform Bill, the Private Security Service Providers Bill and the many challenges the Ministry is facing despite the good work it is doing, more so in the area that I come from. I want this Ministry to focus on one area that has been an issue in this country, namely, the border between Kenya and Somalia and the emergence of the Al Shabaab militants. For a long time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has failed this country. As part of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) initiative, the Ministry has failed to address the Somalia question. Today, Somalia is in a very dangerous process. There has been an element of militancy and off shoots of Al Qaeda running across the Kenyan border. Who are the victims? Who suffer the biggest blunt of all this? It is the people of northern Kenya, namely, the people I represent to live along the border. It is high time that the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security took the bull by its horns. The Minister should take the initiate because the issue of Somalia is becoming a regional and global issue. With those few remarks, I support this Vote and ask the Minister to look into the area of concern along the Kenya-Somalia border."
}