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    "id": 699346,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving us 30 minutes to enjoy comic relief in the House. I wish to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, a Committee I belong to. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.45(2)(b) to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations concerning the Kenyan refugees from Uganda who have been camping at the gate of the Senate since Monday, 10th October, 2016. In the statement, the Chairperson should address the following: - (1) What is the ancestral origin of these refugees? Where is their ancestral and/or acquired land in Kenya before they were displaced to Uganda during the post-election violence of 2007/2008? (2) Is it true that some Government officials visited Uganda and promised to resettle these refugees just as it did to some of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on their return to Kenya from Uganda? (3) Why has the Government not honoured its promise to settle and integrate them despite the fact the refugees bear supportive documents from the Department of Refugee Affairs dated 16th May, 2015? I will avail a copy of such documents to the Chairman. (4) Why has the Government not shown concern for their plight since they started camping at the Senate Gate? I drove past the gate last night at 11.00 p.m. and they were in the cold and they are our fellow Kenyans. (5) What is the general status report of IDPs and/or Kenyan refugees and returnees in Kenya and what is the Government doing to ensure that all of them are resettled? It is important to note that early this year, this House was informed that each IDPs had been resettled and none was left anywhere in the country."
}