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    "id": 1132261,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1132261/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 104,
        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
        "slug": "peter-mwathi"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, next is a Statement on entry of large numbers of foreign nationals into the country sought by the Member for Kisumu East Constituency, Hon. Shakeel Shabbir. He sought to be informed on the following: - (i) Whether proper due diligence was undertaken by the Immigration Department before allowing such large numbers of foreign nationals transiting through the country; (ii) The security and health measures that were employed to safeguard Kenya from illegal immigrants who may infiltrate mass transit groups; (iii) Whether the Ministry has traced and identified the Kenyan agents and organisations both in Kenya and Pakistan who organised the transit; (iv) How much money was realised through such transiting groups by the Immigration Department in terms of visa fees; (v) Measures being taken to ensure that foreign nations do not pose a health risk to Kenyans. I beg to respond as follows: The Directorate of Immigration Services issues visas to foreign nationals pursuant to Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act 2011, Section 5, paragraphs 1-4 and the Fifth Schedule to the Kenya Citizenship Immigration Regulation 2012. All border operations are undertaken by a multiagency team which comprises of officials drawn from Immigration, Directorate of Criminal Investigations, National Intelligence Service, Kenya Revenue Authority and Kenya Airports Authority and port health, among others, with Immigration taking the lead in matters of clearing of travellers. Due diligence was undertaken by the Directorate of Immigration Services by applying a raft of security and health measures to safeguard Kenyans from any threat of whatever nature posed by international travellers. The Pakistan nationals chose to transit through Kenya because Kenya is not on the red list of Saudi Arabia. The directorate did not receive any negative advisory from security agencies or any other arm of Government against Pakistanis to warrant denial of their entry. The following precaution measures are normally undertaken during the clearance process: (i) On security precautions, all the passengers entering the country are subjected to the Personal Identifications Secure Comparison Evaluation System, which checks them against watch listed persons alert list. In addition, passenger physical profiling is also undertaken as well as document examination before entry or exit is allowed. All foreign nations who require visas to enter Kenya must apply online. This is a requirement which must be met before coming to Kenya. (ii) On health precautions, in the process of clearance, the Immigration officers at the port of entry confirm that every passenger is in compliance with Corona Virus Disease (COVID) -19 protocols by producing a negative COVID-19 certificate. (iii) Other precautions undertaken are as follows: To be allowed to enter into the country, which is the case with Pakistanis, a traveller must: (a) be in a possession of a valid passport; (b) be in possession of a valid onward visa to the country of destination; (c) be in possession of a valid onward and return ticket to the country of destination; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}