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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def create_namespace(
        name,
        **kwargs):
    '''
    Creates a namespace with the specified name.

    CLI Example:
        salt '*' kubernetes.create_namespace salt
        salt '*' kubernetes.create_namespace name=salt
    '''

    meta_obj = kubernetes.client.V1ObjectMeta(name=name)
    body = kubernetes.client.V1Namespace(metadata=meta_obj)
    body.metadata.name = name

    cfg = _setup_conn(**kwargs)

    try:
        api_instance = kubernetes.client.CoreV1Api()
        api_response = api_instance.create_namespace(body)

        return api_response.to_dict()
    except (ApiException, HTTPError) as exc:
        if isinstance(exc, ApiException) and exc.status == 404:
            return None
        else:
            log.exception(
                'Exception when calling '
                'CoreV1Api->create_namespace'
            )
            raise CommandExecutionError(exc)
    finally:
        _cleanup(**cfg)