Augostinho Neto Oyugi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Posthumously, I would like to remember one of my friends who introduced me to the business of refugee law, Madam Chris Otieno, at the Law School in Nairobi. She tried to explain to me the importance of engaging in refugee issues. To that extent, this Bill that I am moving today, the Refugee Bill, 2016 is very important to me because of the fundamental human rights issues that it will expose. In moving this Bill, I will do two things. I will talk about general policy issues and then my very able colleague, Hon. Abdullahi Diriye, will speak to the ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Wafula and Hon. Deputy Speaker, for coming to my rescue. I would like to request that the Members listen to me so that they understand the gist of this Bill. Kenya has been hosting refugees for a long time. It is important for Kenya to use the knowledge and experience it has in Daadab and Kakuma Refugee Camps to set the pace for refugee issues across the world. We have seen that migration issues have not been very well received in the past two or three years. We have seen various frontiers chasing away refugees. We have ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: shelter above their heads and women and children with no water. Those kinds of people cannot think about insecurity in a country that has been fair to them for well over 30 years. Whereas it is true there are people within the refugee camp that are plotting insecurity issues, the same thing applies to other places in Nairobi, Homa Bay or even Mombasa. That has nothing to do with refugee issues. The other thing I would like to talk about is the issue of dignity and human rights. If you see the kind of squalor the refugees have been living ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I hope Hon. Johanna Ngeno and the Member for Mavoko will listen to this very important Bill. view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: It seems like there are many problems, Hon. Deputy Speaker. We would like to request the other members of the international community to meet their pledge in supporting Kenya in terms of the voluntary repatriation programme so that Kenya is able to fast- track the programme. If you look at the voluntary repatriation programme, you will find that not very many people have gone to Somalia because half of the funds have not been released by the various members of the international community. I think the refugee law ought to be responding to human rights issues and protection issues. It ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: that we can accommodate these people in a manner that makes sense; in a manner that is useful; in a manner that makes Kenya’s borders secure and in a manner that ensures that women and children who come into our country are people who get protection. The refugee law we are proposing is supposed to provide protection in a way that is reconcilable with Kenya’s security interests. One of the things I spoke to is that we know that for a long time people have been concerned that refugee is equal to insecurity. But we are proposing a regime where ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: The purpose of this Commission is set out in Clause 8 of the Bill. One of the many things it is going to do is to formulate national policy on matters relating to refugees in accordance with international standards. Right now what we have in Kenya is that the CS for Interior and Coordination of National Government has once or twice made very interesting declarations, some of which may not be within the meaning of international conventions and practices. That is why we are saying, let there be a commission where the CSs in charge of internal security and foreign ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: The third thing is the issue of voluntary repatriation as a subject of durable solution. There are people who made pledges and various promises in the Refugees and Humanitarian Summit. They promised Kenya and other partners who host refugees support. To that extent, I hope they meet their obligations in helping Kenya attain durable solutions. view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Clause 9 of this Bill speaks to the establishment of the Secretariat of Refugee Affairs. It is going to assist the Legibility Committee and work in conjunction with the UN Office for refugees. It will also receive and deal with application of refugee status among other things. We have also established the Secretariat for Refugee Affairs which is supposed to be handling all the operations and protection aspects of refugees. Presently, the people handling protection issues of refugees have been the officers of the UNHCR with a bit of support from the Government of Kenya. We are ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: In Clause 15 we have created the National Legibility Committee. It is composed of the Director of Public Prosecutions, a representative of the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Inspector-General of Police and the Director of Immigrations. This is what I spoke to earlier on. We are trying to create a refugee regime that is responsive and responds to Kenya’s national security interests. That is the reason we have included a member from the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Inspector- General of Police to be sure that the persons we are going to ... view