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    "id": 1029848,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1029848/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "I remember sometime back in this House, we discussed a Motion on establishment of civil registries in all the sub-counties in Kenya. That would have made it easier for our people to access registration. Right now, it is very difficult for parents to have their children registered or get birth certificates. Some of them have to travel long distances and congest civil registries. For example, my people of Tigania West have to go to Maua, which is about 35 kilometres away. They also meet many other people from four or five sub-counties seeking registration. This becomes a major issue because they spend a lot of time and there is rampant corruption because of the delays that occur in the process. Also, they go through anxiety and other problems. So, it will be good if this Motion borrows from the other Motion as well to go for the establishment of civil registries in all sub-counties. I dispute the fact that we do not need civil registries. We can have registrars of societies devolved to the sub-county level. It is high time we devolved the services offered by the Office of the Civil Registrar."
}