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    "id": 500498,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "come and seek medical attention in Nairobi; sometimes they want to move from bad conditions of a camp. Due to their ignorance of the laws of this country, you find them arrested. I can assure you that the conditions in which they are kept are very inhumane. This law is very clear and says that such persons, or aliens, who are arrested must immediately be given a right to seek diplomatic assistance from embassies. In the case of Somalia whose embassy is, of course, in existence but may not be active, I want to say that agencies that are responsible for refugees like the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) must have an office in the police stations of places like Garissa, Mandera and Wajir. This is to ensure that the moment a refugee, who was walking in the wrong place, is arrested, they are given the necessary attention by the UNCHR. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Clause 13 gives conditions for separation of men from women and hardcore criminals from petty offenders. This law is very clear on that, and I think it is going to give a lot of rights to people who will be arrested for minor offences like a traffic offence, and who end up being thrown into a cell with hardcore criminals. This can make one feel devastated psychologically. This law is very clear that those people should not be put together with hardcore criminals. On the right to nutrition, diet and hygiene, one thing that is common in prisons in our country is that they are unfortunately known to be places of horrible conditions where food, clothing and places to sleep are pathetic. Often as we are informed, people use buckets in their rooms as toilets. This should not be allowed."
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