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    "id": 1008426,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1008426/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Nasri Ibrahim",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nasri Sahal Ibrahim",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Refugees Bill. Kenya has hosted a large asylum-seeking and refugee population, which at present is jointly managed by the country’s Department of Refugee Affairs and UNHCR under the 2006 Refugee Act and the Refugee Regulations, 2009. In accordance with the Refugees Act, 2006 and the Refugees Regulations, 2009, Kenya recognises the two classes of refugees: statutory and prima facie refugees. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Kenya is a signatory to a number of international treaties applicable to individuals seeking asylum and protection. Kenya acceded to the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees on 16th May 1966. Kenya also ratified the 1967 and 1981 protocols. Kenya is also a party state of the 1969 African Union – formerly known as Organisation of African Unity (OAU) – Convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa, which she signed in September 1969 and ratified in June 1992. The proposed Refugees Bill of 2019 seeks to give effect to the above international treaties."
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