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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "I indicated yesterday that the decision that was made in respect to the demolitions was a decision of a Cabinet Committee; the Security and Foreign Affairs Committee, which is chaired by His Excellency the President. Its members are His Excellency the Vice President and Minister for Home Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, the two Deputy Prime Ministers, who are Ministers for Local Government and the Minister for Finance respectively, the hon. Attorney-General, hon. Minister of State for Defence, hon. Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, hon. Minister for Foreign Affairs and hon. Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons. This decision came as a directive to the Ministry of Transport. I think this should be put in context. Therefore, this matter should not be put to the House, as if the Government was divided in making this decision. There are Members of the Cabinet who have been saying it was wrong to carry out the demolitions, yet they sat in this particular Cabinet Committee and did not make any comments to the contrary, when that Committee sat. Under the principle of collective responsibility, when these matters came to some of us, we had collectively to abide by a decision, which came from a Cabinet Committee that was properly constituted."
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