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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "show that it is true unless proven otherwise. Unfortunately, when these refugees come to this country, you will find later that they are criminals after doing some background check on whatever is presented. We cannot provide this because they are a threat to this country. We call upon the relevant ministries. I am happy about the issue of having a commission in place, though it should have been an authority. In terms of the three arms of Government, it is in the Executive. If it will be a refugee’s authority, maybe we will discuss it in detail when this Bill comes to the Committee of the whole House. We can amend it accordingly based on the set principles that are already practised in this country. When you go to Dadaab Refugee Camp, there is a lot of environmental degradation as a result of hosting these refugees. They also come to compete for the national cake that the host country is supposed to benefit from. There must be dos and don’ts that these refugees must subscribe to because we are hosting them. It is important as they come, they must be law-abiding citizens. If somebody is not abiding by the laws set in the country, he should be sent back. I know His Excellency the President had said that they should close these refugee camps so that these people can be taken back. I know we have had an extension of six months. From the humanitarian perspective, Kenya must subscribe to the international refugee law. As they move on they must abide by the law that is there. We call upon the global partners; the rich countries in the world to support Kenya. They should not force Kenya to host the refugees and yet they are not giving us support in monetary terms. The UNHCR is here. We have rich nations like the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK). The G8, for instance, must show commitment that by the end of this year, a specific amount of money must be given to Kenya to sustain the refugees we are hosting. If we do not have that, where will we go? Are we going to give them the small amount we are given as the NG-CDF and it is not enough for Kenyans? The host country cannot just be humanitarian and yet the global nations are not supporting it. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), even previously the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), if I remember very well, the MDG No. 8 was talking about global partnership. We have moved to the SDGs. The SDG No. 17 clearly talks about strengthening global partnerships. We need these global nations; the rich nations should support Kenya in what they are doing. The clause that talks about the secretariat to run the affairs, should talk about being in charge of screening. It should be the one managing the receptions; monitoring the refugees by doing the background search. It is important to note that this Bill recognises that the issue of refugees is not on a permanent basis, but on a temporary basis. We also have experts who come as refugees and it is important as we move on to look at how we amend this Bill. For instance, we have very good medical doctors. Some of them with some specialities like neurosurgeons are very few in this country. We also have very good pilots. They ran away from their country because of the war. We can tap or do some professional mapping and know the benefits these refugees have so that we can tap into it and use it in this country. Those who are going to be---"
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