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    "id": 1003763,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kihika",
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        "legal_name": "Susan Wakarura Kihika",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Omanga, who has been a big champion of the youth of this country. The issue of backlog on the certificates of good conduct does affect employment for most of our people in the country because most of youths cannot renew licenses and Public Service Vehicle (PSV) badges without the certificate of good conduct. We are a country that is doing well with technology. We should not be witnessing this sort of backlog when this can easily be done once these people have acquired their national identity cards. The DCI should have information pertaining to all registered adults in their database. When it is time to renew the certificate of good conduct, it should be a lot easier since the DCI already have the fingerprints in the database, believing that fingerprints do not change. If the DCI has everyone’s fingerprints in their database, processing of certificates of good conduct would have been easy in these times of COVID-19. I would like to point out laziness on the part of the DCI as well, seeing that Senate has been having its sittings during these COVID-19 times. We have also witnessed parliamentary group meetings during COVID-19 times. In other words, a lot has been going on during COVID-19 times. I believe that it is not realistic for the DCI to tell us that they have a backlog in the issuance of the certificate of good conduct due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Madam Deputy Speaker, I urge the Committee that will take up this issue to have the DCI commit to processing the certificate of good conduct faster than they are doing. As other Senators have stated, I remember Sen. Sakaja brought a Motion that was extremely critical to our youth, especially during these difficult times. It is important to have a waiver on the certificate of good conduct fee. This waiver on the fee should be explored and a solution given, so that we are able to waive the fee for the youth, if not for everybody. I am part of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which defines youth as any person below the age of 45. That makes most of us in this House youths. If the certificate of good conduct fees could be waived, it would go a long way in helping our people, especially at a time when money is really scarce. I beg to support the Statement by Sen. Omanga of Nairobi County."
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