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    "id": 916092,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "No! No! No! The truth is that a country must apply its laws. You cannot allow anyone to come into your country. We must apply our laws rightly. Tanzania is right to apply its laws. If we want to be corrupt by allowing criminals to enter through our borders, we cannot blame other countries. So, on this one, I want to state clearly that two wrongs do not make a right. Kenya must walk the right path by doing the right thing. Be it the Chinese, Senegalese, Americans or Indians, the law must be applied equally. Two weeks ago, our Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government admitted that there are Chinese in this country who came in illegally and he deported them. How did they get in? Did President Magufuli help them get in? It was the failure by the Government to enforce its rules and laws. This Parliament must put its feet down. Where Kenya is liberalising and going into international trade agreements, a couple of things must be done. Parliament must know how deep the integration is, how it is affecting our trade and service provision and the programmes that the people in the Government of Kenya have to ensure that the implication of the trade agreements are catered for. Otherwise, we will complain until the chickens come home to roost. As I finish, as Kenyans, we have always welcomed everybody else within our borders. We cannot stop doing that because someone wants to be popular. In fact, this House must start disciplining its Members that bring its name to disrepute. You cannot go out there making statements that bring our country into disrepute and then come back and we clap for you saying that you are winning your votes. That is misconduct. It is not populism; it is misconduct. This Parliament has many Members who have cases in court based on this thing called “populism”. We must behave honourably. This is a House of honourable Members; not horrible Members. We must start behaving as our titles demand. If you have issues to address, there are channels to use to address them. As an integrationist, as a person who has advised Kenya for a long time on integration, I will advise Kenya to use the right channels to handle this matter, so that it does not get out of proportion. You know how Tanzanians behave sometimes. You do not want that to happen in Uganda. You have had countries bragging about trade deficits. We are allowing Uganda and Tanzania to trade with the rest of the world while we are being shafted. We are being screwed. As a regional power house, we must behave well but ensure that we protect our citizens from the vagaries of liberalisation. Thank you."
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