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    "id": 707501,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/707501/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 12482,
        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "On the institutional structure of the refugee management in this country, for too long, we relied on the UNHCR to do things that are very important and touch on the sovereignty of our country such as refugee status determination. The commission and its secretariat will build capacity to do the work of the Kenya Government and rely upon the advice and the counsel of the KNCHR and the UNHCR. They ought to work as partners to make sure that this is done. This is the way it should be done. It should not be the other way round that you have international NGOs and the UNHCR implementing the refugee policy in this country, including sensitive matters of refugee status determination. The former department of refugee affairs was acting as a minor implementing partner. We cannot accept that anymore. Kenya, historically, has done well in meeting its international obligations. Recently, we have had some alarming concerns and pronunciations from the Government and we have had to push back on that. However, the fact of the matter is that we can be proud, as a country, because we have hosted refugees. We have had what we might call a protracted refugee situation which lasted for a long time. In fact, I would call it a chronic refugee situation. Refugees from Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia came to Kenya and have been staying here for a very long time now beyond the initial emergency. Their numbers were obviously overwhelming. A lot has been said here about the impact of refugees on the environment and the lives of host communities. Today, there are other emerging issues such as terrorism that we need to be concerned about."
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