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    "id": 1106016,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1106016/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "happened if they got a Green Card to the US, went to South Africa or UK or any of these countries. The Constitution now provides that one can have dual citizenship if they opt in. This should be automatic unless the Kenyan says he or she does not want to have Kenyan citizenship. Every Kenyan who left the country and lost their citizenship by virtue of being a dual citizen, must be deemed to be a Kenyan again until they opt out. It is their right as opposed to who opts in and now applies to become a Kenyan citizen again. It is our birthright. We did not ask to be born in this country, but we or our parents were born in this country. That must be reinstated for many. I think the most popular case is that of Miguna Miguna. It is very sad that somebody, who is known to be Kenyan, whose village is known--- It is sad that somebody who we know where he was born and which schools he went to are known has to negotiate his status as a Kenyan citizen. Further to that, I am glad that Section 32 B spells out very clear rules and duties of the Cabinet Secretary, including measures to enhance safety and security of Kenyans living abroad. Without preempting or anticipating debate, because our Standing Orders prohibit that, I want to tell the Kenyans that when the report of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare comes on the issue of labour migration, we are going to propose a raft of very serious measures. It has taken sometime because we did not want to do a piecemeal intervention. It will include measures that those Kenyans who want to come back, must be brought back by the Government. Those who went into contracts that they were not sure about through rogue agencies must be brought back and those agencies be deregistered. We have a list of those agencies. We will be meeting with their association, the Cabinet Secretary for Labour, who I know has retained his position and with the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and their team. We must secure Kenyans at all cost. Additionally, the first time I addressed Kenyans in the US, I accompanied His Excellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta in New York and Washington DC. I had to tell them something that shocked everyone, because most leaders tell Kenyans to come back home for us to build Kenya---"
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