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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) H.K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "There is also the issue of the Bill proposing to domicile management of refugee affairs in two Ministries and that the Chairperson of the Kenya Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission should come from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Ministry in charge of internal security. We thought that would bring problems in terms of management. The Committee feels that this responsibility should be vested in one Ministry for purposes of streamlining and ensuring that there is no conflict in the two Ministries. The issue of employment of refugees is thorny. The Bill proposes the employment of refugees and even allows them to run businesses and access land for cultivation and pasture. These are people who have run away from their respective countries. We only host them on a temporary basis as they await things to settle down in their own countries. They are supposed to go back once things settle down. When you host such people and then propose that they should get employment, run businesses and access land, you are actually touching on very serious and weighty issues that could spark off conflicts. The Committee is opposed to such a proposal. We already have an employment crisis in this country. Allowing refugees in this country to access 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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