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    "id": 1547886,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1547886/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just wish to explain myself that I will make a fairly broad statement because the issue of the refugees is a very complex matter. I want to say that consultations and negotiations are going on. We should appreciate that when you are dealing with refugees, it has to be voluntary. There can be no forced repatriation. So, these discussions are going on between the Government of Kenya, the Government of Ethiopia and the UNHCR. This is the reality of the matter. For what it is worth, I just want to point out that we would not want Kenyans to be refugees anywhere. If we had all the resources and all the planning, it would not necessarily take this long for the refugees to be repatriated. However, remember you have to do it voluntarily because any forced repatriation would be contrary to international law and matters of humanitarian rights. So, we cannot force. That is why there is an elaborate process, which I put in my statement, about preparing documentation and ensuring that the individuals and the households voluntarily accede to repatriation."
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