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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso North, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Oku Kaunya",
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        "legal_name": "Edward Oku Kaunya",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to support this Bill. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security of the National Assembly. I support the sentiments by our Chairman. When going out to the field, especially when we visited Kakuma and Dadaab we found that we have a big number of refugees in our country. The total number is 474,044 refugees. Only 1,473 were voluntarily repatriated. Therefore, this Bill is critical in helping the country to manage the refugees in terms of their recognition, protection and registration. One of the issues that we encountered was the encampment policy. This is a policy where, throughout the world, refugees are kept within a camp for a long time for control purposes. This incumbent policy is changing, whereby countries are now adopting integration policies. This integration policy has been addressed in the Bill by giving the Cabinet Secretary (CS) the power to make certain regulations so that at different levels of admission and registration of refugees, they can then be resettled at a certain stage. The reason for this is partly the balance between security and the issue of human rights or the rights of refugees. This includes the right to employment and the right to settlement. All countries worldwide first look at their national security. Secondly, they look at the rights of their citizens and the rights of the refugees who come into their country. This particular The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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