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    "id": 206677,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/206677/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Konchella",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Sitelu Konchella",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to clarify the issue raised by Mr. Wetangula. I think it is important that it is properly understood. Shortly, within the next month or two, we will be issuing visa stickers to all visitors to Kenya. That means what used to be a problem would be a thing of the past. Therefore, the issue of referred visas, which used to be the problem--- Referred visa regime affects more than 10 countries around the world, particularly West African countries--- We have to do that for our national security. There are issues of human trafficking, drug trafficking and even money laundering. All those are crimes. So, we are trying to address that issue by restricting people from coming here, and ensuring that we know who they are before they arrive in this country. But as the Minister said, it is important that we allow people to come to Kenya. Tourism is the biggest foreign exchange earner in this country. We want to have tourists who come to enjoy Kenya and not those who come to destroy our children. So, while the interest of security is so important, it is also necessary for us to see---- I will introduce a Cabinet Memo so that we can address that matter because it is very important. Thank you."
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