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    "id": 1105951,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1105951/?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 plead ignorance on that because I have never been a member of the ODM. Sen. (Dr.) Zani is a senior Member and I agree to be informed. I am happy that they have active diaspora caucus and we are also following in the lead. You know in Kenya, we have some village political parties. I hope that those village political parties can grow into national political parties and have a diaspora caucus just like UDA, ODM and other parties going into the future. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, let us integrate the diaspora community in the private sector. We did not capture this in this amendment; I want to ask the private sector to also be part of engaging the diaspora community. Let us encourage and ensure that the private sector also becomes part of it. Let us encourage the political parties. I normally see the Meru have the Njuri-Ncheke and the Kikuyu community have their own unique culture. They can see how they can partner. There are Kenyans who have given birth to their children in America or some other country, who they would really want to know their culture. They would want these children to know the values of the community where they come from. We can also look at how these cultural organizations can become part of the diaspora community that lives there. I want to urge my colleagues, let us look at this amendment objectively. Let us address this issue. We are tired of seeing the media running stories of bringing back bodies because families are frustrated and the Government is doing nothing. We have put it in the law. Now it is an obligation. I want to tell the Kenyan communities living abroad and local Kenyans who have their families abroad that; whenever a misfortune happens, it is the obligation of the Government to give the necessary support and attention to the Kenyans involved. This is because when you board a plane here as a Kenyan and go to work in any part of the world, you do not lose your rights. You are still a Kenyan; you enjoy the rights of a citizen. We are now obligating the Government to ensure that the rights of the diaspora"
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