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    "id": 1008431,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1008431/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Edith Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Edith Nyenze",
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    "content": " Thank you, Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Refugees Bill of 2019 because it puts some recognition into the management and protection of refugees and brings about some order. There has been a lot of lawlessness whereby refugees would come with their own rules and way of behaviour. The Refugees Bill of 2019 seeks to put in place structures so that we can avoid lawlessness in our country. It is a delicate balance whereby the Bill seeks to provide for humanitarian approach because these are human beings. Imagine that you have undertaken so much development, including educating your children and establishing businesses. You have put everything in place and you think it is time to settle and then you are told to leave your country because of some insecurity. That is why when refugees come to a country like Kenya, we should have a humanitarian approach but we should appreciate that the whole process is a delicate balance because we should also take care of our own. Kenyans should be given the first priority in jobs, education, businesses and allocation of resources because the refugees will one day go back to their country. If we give them advantage over our own, we will eventually suffer. So, there should be a balance between the humanitarian approach and considering that some refugees are a security threat, including terrorism. It is, therefore, good for the Bill to balance between being a brother’s keeper and providing security to Kenyans."
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