7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairlady, I would like to oppose this amendment. Under the Constitution in Article 59, the right to legal representation is a right that is accorded to almost anyone. The fact that we are asking refugees to be entitled to legal representation is simply because it is part of the constitutional guarantees. If at all the laws of Kenya will be applied, we should not apply them selectively to refugees. On this one, the only thing we needed to agree on - which is what we agreed on during the Committee - is that the list of legal representatives should ...
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I will be reluctant to try to contribute several times. I would like Hon. Gikaria to stop misleading the House. What we are seeking to delete is Clause 6. I would like him to apply his mind to Clause 6 of the Bill. It has nothing to do with security and radicalisation issues. This is why we always try to stereotype refugees. It is proper to talk about things that are on the Order Paper. Regarding the security issues, we have already conceded to the Departmental Committee responsible for security. We will not do anything else ...
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I will be reluctant to try to contribute several times. I would like Hon. Gikaria to stop misleading the House. What we are seeking to delete is Clause 6. I would like him to apply his mind to Clause 6 of the Bill. It has nothing to do with security and radicalisation issues. This is why we always try to stereotype refugees. It is proper to talk about things that are on the Order Paper. Regarding the security issues, we have already conceded to the Departmental Committee responsible for security. We will not do anything else ...
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairlady.
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairlady.
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I would like to support the amendment. I agree with the Committee. The amendment they have made tidies up the Bill and makes it look orderly. I thank them and support it.
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I would like to support the amendment. I agree with the Committee. The amendment they have made tidies up the Bill and makes it look orderly. I thank them and support it.
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
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7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I would like to agree with the Committee’s amendment. I would like to support it. We agreed that providing preferential treatment for refugees within the East African Community would amount to discrimination and to that extent, we agreed to delete this particular provision.
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