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    "id": 1105895,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1105895/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.33 of 2021). I congratulate Sen. Kang’ata who, I am told, led in the just concluded opinion polls in Murang’a for the position of governor. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we were with Sen. Kang’ata when we met several Kenyans in the USA and they raised several challenges. Courtesy of your Office, during our parliamentary tour, we met a number of Kenyans living abroad and they told us the challenges they are facing. That is when we discussed with Sen. Kang’ata on how to help them. Kenyans implored that as a country, we must give them the attention they deserve. It is worth to note that the leading revenue is money that is send by our brothers and sisters who live abroad. In 2019, Kenyans living abroad injected Kshs308 billion into the economy of the Republic of Kenya. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, Kenyans living in the diaspora increased the amount by 10 per cent. They sent around Kshs341 billion. That is a budget for two or three Ministries in this Republic."
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