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    "id": 1059878,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1059878/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "THAT, lack of registration and identification documents has been attributed to double registration where Kenyans residing in Wajir and Garissa counties were registered in the refugees data base mainly at Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps, in order for them to access services such as medical and education opportunities, and who are now fated to a stateless life without dignity in their own country; THAT, over 20,000 Kenyan Somalis in Garissa and Wajir counties are presently registered as refugees which was the only alternative they had in securing relief food occasioned by the massive drought experienced in the 1990s; THAT, efforts to have the matter resolved by the Director of Registration of Persons through the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government have not borne much fruit as exemplified by the fact that despite verification of a few thousand youths in Garissa Township, Lagdera, Ijara, Fafi, Dadaab and Wajir South constituencies through a Government taskforce in 2019, the youths have to-date not been de-registered as refugees which is a prerequisite for issuance of relevant identification and registration documents; and THAT, the matters raised in this Petition are not pending in any court of law in Kenya. Now therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the relevant Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, does the following: (i) Investigates the matter with a view to recommending to the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to de-register these youths as refugees and all persons that were vetted and confirmed through their parents as citizens, to guarantee and be issued with relevant identification and registration documents. (ii) To recommend that this matter is concluded in the shortest time possible. (iii) To make any other recommendation that it deems fit in the circumstances of the Petition. And your petitioners will ever pray. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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