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    "id": 1008365,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
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        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on this Bill. From the outset, I would like to congratulate and thank the Committee for a very clear exposition on a very important Bill. I support this Bill, specifically because it seeks to help us as a country, both at the national and the county governments, to recognise those who seek asylum, protect them and protect the host communities. It also seeks to ensure that there is clear management of refugee affairs and that we can maintain the rule of law. It also seeks to ensure that we do not create problems as we seek to solve other problems. Part IV on integration, repatriation and resettlement seeks to look at how there will be shared use of social amenities. It also seeks to ensure that there will not only be designated areas, but an attempt to provide a way of ensuring that refugees not only feel at home, but also understand that they need to respect those that they found in the country. I would want to take note of the fact that the Bill takes into account the special attention that we give to the vulnerable members of the society like children and women. It also seeks to ensure that attention will be given whenever there will be assistance that is required. As I close, this is a very important concern because with the COVID-19 pandemic, we have had cases, not in Kenya, but in areas across our borders, where as we seek to alleviate the suffering of women and children, at times if we do not have proper laws and regulations, those vulnerable groups have suffered. It is for this reason that I support the Refugees Bill. I would want to see that we provide a framework in the Bill to allow not only peaceful coexistence, integration and protection, but also that particular attention is given as is required to different groups, and most importantly that host communities would also be respected. I support the Bill, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you for the opportunity."
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