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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shidiye",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Muktar Shidiye",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to appreciate the Mover of this Bill. This is a very important Bill for people like me who come from Garissa County, which has hosted refugees for the last 25 years since the collapse of Somalia. To be honest with you, nobody plans to be a refugee. It just happens when a country collapses. It could also happen when one is under prosecution and one seeks to run away to another country. Kenya has been good in hosting refugees from Uganda, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It has been magnanimous because it has hosted and helped these refugees. The host communities have also suffered with regard to keeping the refugees. There is a huge ecological disaster in Dadaab. We had a semi-arid area, but now the whole area is virtually a desert. The water resources are depleted, the little forest cover that was there is depleted, there are dry river beds and the area is virtually a desert. However, for us to handle this matter squarely, we must change our strategy as a country. It will be good if this Bill comes with the restructuring of policy and a new paradigm shift in the handling of refugee affairs. It is only in Kenya where refugees stream in and there is no proper structure, to say the least. The UNHCR was doing things on its own. It was running the show to the extent that it 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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