{"id":1034367,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1034367/?format=json","text_counter":152,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kiambaa, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Paul Koinange","speaker":{"id":1775,"legal_name":"Paul Koinange","slug":"paul-koinange"},"content":"The Civil Registration Service undertakes very critical roles in our country, core among them being registration of births and deaths occurring in Kenya; registration of births and deaths of Kenyan citizens occurring outside Kenya; registration upon legitimisation and recognition of a child; re-registration upon adoption; issuance of birth and death certificates; formulation, review and implementation of policies, regulations, standards and strategies on births and deaths registration; interpretation, administration and enforcement of the Birth and Deaths Registration Act, Cap. 149 and other related statutes; maintaining, securing and keeping custody of births and deaths records; capturing, collection, compilation and analysis of vital statistics of births and deaths data from civil registration; dissemination of vital statistical reports to relevant stakeholders and undertaking research and innovation in civil registration."}