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    "id": 707442,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "because of problems that are created by either politicians or leaders in those countries. They also run away because of problems created through hunger and all those other issues. Kenya is a blessed country because it has been receiving refugees since time immemorial from Rwanda and Burundi in the past years and refugees from Uganda during the wars between Milton Obote and Iddi Amin Dada. People ran away from Sudan and Somalia. Others ran away from Ethiopia. I thank God for allowing this country to host refugees who have been running away from problems in their countries. Remember we almost had the same situation in 2007 because of the political contest between some bigwigs that made Kenyans run to Uganda to seek refuge. Others were internally displaced. We need to tell ourselves that we should not go back to that state because God allowed us to be a very peaceful nation, to have political transitions and peaceful handing over of power. Having said, we must also understand that Kenya falls under the international community. We must understand that Article 25 of the Constitution states clearly that international law and any other international treaties and conventions form part of our laws. When you read the international law, namely, international treaties and conventions, they recognise refugees. It talks about the integration of refugees and how to repatriate refugees in case there is an issue of repatriation. This law that is proposed by Hon. Neto goes a long way in solving these problems, so that we do not just wake up in the morning or a Cabinet Secretary (CS) or the President does not wake up in the morning and declare that we need to repatriate all the refugees in this country. It does not work like that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the international law guides on how to repatriate and integrate refugees in our countries. This has happened across the world. It has happened in Europe, the United States of America (USA) and in many other countries. Refugees or political asylum seekers are integrated in countries and they become part of the citizens of those countries. Why is Kenya behaving like it is not part of the international community? I heard one Member comparing President Kenyatta to Trump who was talking about illegal immigrants. We are not talking about illegal immigrants. We are talking about refugees; people who seek refuge in our country because of hostilities in their countries."
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