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    "content": "Hon. Members, we will have to stop there. As many of you have said, I want to encourage you to eliminate statelessness in our country. There are people, even here in Kabete here, such as the Shona Community who came to Kenya from Zimbabwe, who remain stateless. They were given some recognition, which is very good, but we must eliminate statelessness. As African people, we must look at our history and remember. In the early 1900s, in Namibia, where Hon. Benja says he was an ambassador, the Germans issued licences to hunters. The licences read that you were free to shoot elephants, rhinos, lions, buffaloes and bushmen. The bushmen referred to were the Herero People. They were licenced to shoot them on sight. The same thing happened to other people elsewhere. As Africans, we must love each other regardless. Whether an African found himself here from Senegal, Sudan, Ethiopia, or anywhere else, they are our brothers and sisters. There is no right for them to be stateless. As Members of Parliament, you must live up to the billing. Young Hon. John Bwire has brought a Petition and the Petitions Committee should expedite it. These Pare elders have the same right as any one of us to be in this country and to enjoy the benefits of citizenship. Hon. John Bwire, you have a duty, together with the Parliamentary leadership... In fact, you should have a catalogue of all stateless communities in the country and put them in one basket. We encourage our President to accede to giving them citizenship all at once so that we eliminate 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."
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