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    "id": 707439,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/707439/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwadime",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Mwadime",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. From the outset, Kenya has been having the problem of refugees for a long time. Therefore, it is important to have clear rules and laws to govern all this. In this Bill, structures have been clearly defined on who should be a refugee. At the same time, the methodology for somebody applying to be a refugee has been well stated and appeal procedures have been well defined. It is important to ask questions regarding the merits and demerits of refugees. Screening should be foremost because we have been having refugees, but you will, at the same time, see problems like the bombing of the Westgate and other areas. Screening should be of paramount importance. I am happy because this Bill has clearly stated on Clause 35(2) that refugees should not acquire or hold freehold interests on land in Kenya. This is a good law because we are protecting our countrymen. At the same time, the commissioner has powers to rescind refugee status in case a person is recognised as a refugee and fraudulently misrepresented or omitted some facts. It is covered in Clause 20 of the Bill. The problem of refugees within our country should be a problem of the international community and not a problem of Kenya alone. It is important for the originator of this Bill to see how other countries that have refugees are handling them. He should go to Tanzania to see what is happening. He should go to Somalia and all other countries where there are refugees to see what is happening, so that we can have a proper law to govern these issues. For those few remarks, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I support."
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