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date	21/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Kenya: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions officials of his Department have had with (a) representatives of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and (b) the Head of the Pensions Department in the Kenyan National Treasury on the non-payment of pensions to former Kenyan civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	18532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>This matter is the responsibility of the Kenyan authorities. However, the British High Commission in Nairobi has written to the Kenyan Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the Head of the Department for Pensions in the Kenyan National Treasury seeking an explanation for non-payment of pensions to former Kenyan civil servants and the lack of increase in line with inflation. The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office is now helping the Kenyan National Treasury to contact Crown Agents Bank (the bank chosen to make the pension payments) in the UK to expedite the reinstatement of the pensions.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 03/03/2020 15:21:01 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1179351

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Somalia: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government in Somalia on media freedom.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The British Government is working with the Government of Somalia and Somali media, civil society organisations and international partners to support media freedom and protect journalists in Somalia from attacks and intimidation. In November 2019 the British Embassy in Mogadishu released a statement expressing solidarity with detained journalists in Somalia, reinforcing that journalists must be able to investigate and report without undue interference. This year in January the British Embassy in Mogadishu hosted the first ever Somali Journalism Award ceremony to celebrate talented Somali journalists. Somali Ministers attended this event as well as the Global Conference on Media Freedom in London in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge grouped question UIN 18763 question first answered 03/03/2020 14:46:40 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179352

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Somalia: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support journalists in Somalia from attacks and intimidation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The British Government is working with the Government of Somalia and Somali media, civil society organisations and international partners to support media freedom and protect journalists in Somalia from attacks and intimidation. In November 2019 the British Embassy in Mogadishu released a statement expressing solidarity with detained journalists in Somalia, reinforcing that journalists must be able to investigate and report without undue interference. This year in January the British Embassy in Mogadishu hosted the first ever Somali Journalism Award ceremony to celebrate talented Somali journalists. Somali Ministers attended this event as well as the Global Conference on Media Freedom in London in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge grouped question UIN 18762 question first answered 03/03/2020 14:46:40 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179424

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on who was responsible for the massacres of ethnic Banunu in Yumbi territory in Democratic Republic of Congo on 16 and 17 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned by the severe violence in Yumbi territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in December 2018. A special Inquiry by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) estimated that as many as 890 people were killed and 19,000 displaced. The DRC authorities have arrested around 70 individuals to date as part of an ongoing investigation.</p><p>The UK supports UNJHRO in monitoring and reporting on incidents such as this. We also support the protection of civilians through contributions to the UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO, humanitarian funding and DFID conflict programming focussed on stabilisation and peacebuilding.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 03/03/2020 16:18:49 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1179425

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have made to the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo on the massacres of ethnic Banunu in Yumbi territory on 16 and 17 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned by the severe violence in Yumbi territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in December 2018. At the time our Embassy in DRC raised our concerns about the violence with government authorities in the region and with local UN representatives. The UK also joined UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in calling for the perpetrators of the attacks to be brought to justice.</p><p>More broadly, the UK supports the UN Joint Human Rights Office in monitoring and reporting on incidents such as this. We also support the protection of civilians through contributions to the UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO, humanitarian funding and DFID conflict programming focussed on stabilisation and peacebuilding.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 03/03/2020 16:17:00 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry