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    "id": 707354,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/707354/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "The purpose of this Commission is set out in Clause 8 of the Bill. One of the many things it is going to do is to formulate national policy on matters relating to refugees in accordance with international standards. Right now what we have in Kenya is that the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government has once or twice made very interesting declarations, some of which may not be within the meaning of international conventions and practices. That is why we are saying, let there be a commission where the CSs in charge of internal security and foreign affairs sit. This is a commission that will handle policy issues. The commission is also supposed to propose and ensure there are durable solutions for refugees. Good practices of human rights and refugee practice is called “durable solutions”, which are contained in this Bill. These are with regard to local integration. The moment you have refugees having lived in a country for too long, like they have done in Kenya, and the experience has been tried in Sierra Leone, Tanzania among other jurisdictions, from which this Bill borrows sufficiently, durable solutions then talk about local integration and resettlement issues. On resettlement, you want to believe that other countries like the UK and in the European Union face the same issue. The refugee issue is not solely a Kenyan problem, but an international one. Kenyans should not be the only ones bearing the burden of refugees on behalf of the international community. Other international community partners ought to bear the responsibility by also ensuring that they open their borders or frontiers for purposes of resettlement of refugees."
}