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    "id": 1008402,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kasarani, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Mercy Wanjiku",
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        "legal_name": "Mercy Wanjiku Gakuya",
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    "content": "and order is maintained or that there will be harmony between the refugees and the locals, it will be in order. Usually, we say that today it is this country and tomorrow it will be another country. We cannot compare ourselves with a country like Germany which is hosting millions of Syrian refugees. Whether a country hosts a few or many refugees, it is good to have law and order in place. It is high time we ensured that our locals do not feel like the refugees have come to take their resources. It has been cited in the House that sometimes you find they have more resources in terms of money. They are able to purchase. Through marriage, you find that a refugee is able to become a citizen. It is high time that we supported this Bill as a country so that we live in harmony. We know that when our locals feel threatened, it would be difficult to convince them that we are not hosting for a particular advantage. Various estates, especially in Nairobi County, have refugees from Sudan and Rwanda. I have given an example of Kasarani where we have Congolese refugees. Sometime when you go to the estate, you find that the local men are not really complaining about the female refugees. They only complain about the male refugees. During construction of roads, they say that male refugees take all the casual jobs because most of the time, one is not asked for an ID card to engage in casual labour. They just present themselves and whoever is present is accommodated. The complaints we have in our offices is that people from such and such a country are coming to take our jobs. In the local churches, men say they have no problem with the female refugees. I do not think we need to accommodate one gender over the other. We need to make sure that whatever is being set is right and correct so that we accommodate them as a family. When I began, I said that no one chooses to be a refugee. It is high time that we ensure that all the matters surrounding the Refugees Bill are catered for. Even if everything is not dealt with, at least we will live in harmony so that our people do not feel that refugees have come to take our resources or our peace and security. I support the Bill."
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