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    "id": 958484,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "do more justice by raising a substantive Motion on this issue. We should take leave of the House to discuss it completely with pointers on what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade should do regarding this particular issue. This issue did not begin yesterday. When Jacob Zuma, the former immediate President of South Africa, visited Kenya two years ago, part of the request that Kenya made was for Kenyans to be allowed access to South Africa by being granted visas on arrival. The least we expected was for South Africa to reciprocate what we do to their citizens when they show up at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Up to this particular day, Kenyans who visit South Africa have to undergo an extremely rigorous process of visiting their consulate here. They do not extend the courtesies that are extended to the various dignitaries of this country. Many of us here have had an occasion to travel to the United Kingdom (UK). We do not have to show up at their Embassy to apply for visas and go through the processes of queuing. What the hell is South Africa telling us? That is a country that is almost of the same rank as ours. If first world countries can extend such courtesies to at least the various state officers we have in this country, how difficult is it for South Africa to reciprocate the same? Today, if you want to travel to South Africa, you have to go to Westlands and queue there for hours just to get their visa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has allowed citizens of this country to continue suffering under this particular regime. In my opinion, it begins with little courtesies like those ones. Even their citizens treat the citizens of this country as if they are children of a lesser god. I urge our colleagues, especially those who serve in the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), who travel to South Africa most often, to consider sponsoring a Motion in the PAP or move it from South Africa because it is the worst place to be located. How do you locate the Pan African Parliament in a country where Africans are being killed by fellow Africans? It is complete absurd and that is something that we should not tolerate."
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