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    "id": 1021465,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1021465/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Mary Njoroge",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13421,
        "legal_name": "Mary Wamaua Waithira Njoroge",
        "slug": "mary-wamaua-waithira-njoroge"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that the Constitution and the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011 provides that every citizen is entitled to any document of registration or identification issued by the State to citizens including a birth certificate; further aware that Article 53(2) of the Constitution of Kenya provides that a child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child; cognisant of the fact of issuance of birth certificate during civil registration association with children is a challenge across the country due to among other issues missing information for the parent and children as a result of missing and improper documentation, damaged manual documents and lack of registration of children born outside hospital environment; deeply concerned over the delays and long queues at civil registration centres and the challenges affecting registration of children by the Ministry of Education using the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) in the country; this House urges the Government to establish data base centres in all civil registration centres for the purpose of storing all the necessary information required for issuance of birth certificates to all children and put in place administrative mechanisms to ensure that every child is automatically issued with a birth certificate before the child attains the age of three years. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
}