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    "id": 1033056,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "even contribute to their movement to that country and then you are declared stateless in that country. In our Constitution, we are a country of contradiction. When you read Article 14 of the Constitution, one of the conditions to qualify as a citizen of this country is where a child found in Kenya who is or appears to be less than eight years of age and whose nationality and parents are not known is presumed to be a citizen by birth. Someone can just pass through Kenya and drop a child and leave that child here. So long as the parents are not known and that child is below eight years or presumed to be below eight years – maybe the child could even be 12 years but because of challenges of growth, the child appears to be eight years and below – that child is automatically a citizen by birth; whereas a child born in this country of parents whose great great grandparents came to this country so many years ago cannot be recognized simply because you come from a particular minority community. It is not fair. It is discriminatory. This is a matter that the Committee of Hon. Koinange - the super chairman - should look into and not address itself to the Pemba people only. It also includes even the other group that came to Parliament the other day - the Shona - who are just living not very far from here. They are in Kiambu. All of us somehow came from somewhere in this world. In fact, very few… I think, maybe, the Maasai are the only ones who are original inhabitants of this country. If I start counting my ancestors, the 10th ancestor came from Uganda. So, someone may decide to take me back to Uganda or refuse to give me an ID card or refuse that I should not vote in this country or I cannot open a bank account. How do those people survive? I think this is unfair and it is high time that this House takes steps to regularize this. The Executive should have acted on this matter even without being prompted by Parliament. However, now that the peoples’ representatives are seized of this matter, I just want to request Hon. Koinange and his Committee to look at this matter holistically so that tomorrow or the day after, we do not get another petition from another marginalized group or a group that is discriminated against. I feel it is very unfair. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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