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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Letimalo",
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        "legal_name": "Raphael Lakalei Letimalo",
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    "content": "Manyani or Archers Post for training. We got names from the parents whose children had been recruited. So, it is certain that the recruitment took place. It goes without saying that the rate of unemployment in Kenya, particularly amongst our youth, is very high. The level of poverty in Kenya is very high and North Eastern is not exceptional. So, when someone who earns a living through “hardship” is told that there is recruitment and is promised a salary of between US$600 and US$1,000, definitely he will take up that job. So, we were able to ascertain that, that recruitment took place. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we managed to go to Manyani where we met over 100 youth. Their Identification Cards (IDs) were confiscated by the recruiting team. However, upon resistance and after discovering that they had been duped into that recruitment that was not real, they were released. We talked to the youth in Manyani who confirmed that. We tried to talk to the officer in charge of police and he denied that there was any training taking place in his area of jurisdiction. So, the fact remains that the recruitment took place and the Government is aware but it has denied. We would like the Government to own up and apologise to Kenyans for allowing this recruitment to take place and misleading Kenyans into applying for jobs that were not there. We also visited Dadab. Although the border was closed allegedly because of the influx of refugees in Kenya, those refugees were still coming in, in large numbers. They were, in fact, being transported in lorries. So, one fails to understand how the refugees entered Kenya, even when the border is closed and there are security officers manning it. We also have officials of the UNHCR and the migration officers at the border. How come the refugees entered Kenya under the Government watch? The confirmation here is that corruption is rampant in that area. The Government must take responsibility for allowing this high level corruption to continue without watch. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also noted with concern that Kenyans in Dadab were registering as refugees in the refugee camps. They were doing so because they found out that the opportunities and conditions in the refugee camps are better than those in their villages. In the camps, they are given the food they require and other privileges they cannot get in their villages. So, the Kenyan youth who register as refugees should not be victimized because it is not their wish. They do so because they get better opportunities in the refugee camps. I think that recommendation in the Report on the Kenyan youth who register as refugees should be expunged because it is not their wish to register as refugees. They have been forced to register as refugees by the harsh conditions in their villages. They actually find the conditions and opportunities in the refugee camps to be better. The Government should take responsibility. After all, it is the cardinal requirement in the Constitution that the Government has to take the responsibility to feed and give all the basic services to its people. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion."
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