{"id":740789,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/740789/?format=json","text_counter":109,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Lentoimaga","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2756,"legal_name":"Alois Musa Lentoimaga","slug":"alois-musa-lentoimaga"},"content":"Hon. Chairlady, I concur and support the amendments. The reason is that in the parent Act or previous policy, the Government of Kenya did not have a role in determining a refugee. From the time the refugees started flocking into Kenya in 1991, the United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was handling this and determined who became a refugee. The Government did not play any role. This amendment goes a long way in giving the Government and the ministry in charge a role in determining who becomes a refugee. That is the right way to go in every country and the whole world."}