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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Diriye",
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        "legal_name": "Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, just to clear doubts here, we are talking about Kenyans of Somali origin, who after losing their livestock and livelihoods go and register in the refugee camps just to get food. You can imagine in this day and era our people are subjected to dehumanizing situations. That means the State has failed and it cannot provide basic food and amenities to the Kenyan population. These people are forced to go to refugee camps. If they could only have food and other basic services provided by the Government, they would not register as refugees. So, we also have this category of people who are in the database of the UNHCR and the Commission for Refugee Affairs. They are Kenyans but they are treated as refugees. So, we are also asking the Government to grant these people amnesty and be vetted so that they are removed from the database of the UNHCR or the Commissioner for Refugee Affairs. This is so that they can attain their full rights and be eligible to get identity cards. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the new Constitution prohibits all forms of discrimination. Even in the few places where we are given identity cards, we are 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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