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    "id": 1034370,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd.) Bashir S. Abdullaih",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13417,
        "legal_name": "Bashir Sheikh Abdullah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Motion. It is important to look at the distribution of those registration centres in the country. Indeed, it is sad to note that the distribution of those centres is not fairly done all over the country. The criterion used by the Department in establishing those offices is really wanting. As I speak to you, my constituency is 300 kilometres from the county headquarters. I have three sub-counties in my constituency and I have no registration centre. Indeed, I have visited the office to share this issue with them on numerous occasions. I am shocked by the deaf ears the lady in charge of the Department has given us on numerous occasions. Young children who were not registered at an early age because of the pastoralist way of life have travelled 300 kilometres to the county headquarters to access that vital document. The cost incurred by those people is unbearable. The risk they are exposed to on numerous occasions while travelling to access that vital document is equally unbearable. Indeed, the criterion used in prioritising the establishment of those offices is really wanting. I am saying this because you will find that an officer is posted 30 or 40 kilometres away from another centre and yet, three sub- counties which are 300 kilometres from the next registration centre are yet to realise one. I plead with the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. I have already asked a Question on that matter. As we speak, we are exposing young Kenyans, school-going children and Kenyans to risk. God forbid! Next time you will hear children travelling from Bute, Korondile or Vuma sub-counties in my constituency that were either attacked on their way to access that vital document or were exposed to other risks because the situation on the roads is unbearable. Those areas have clan conflicts on numerous occasions. There is a tendency of attacking vehicles in that area and, at times, even barricading roads. You will wonder why an officer, cognizant of all those facts, has blatantly decided not to post an officer in that area. I can assure you that four county assembly members from my constituency travelled all the way from the constituency to Nairobi and we had a joint meeting to explain those new circumstances to the lady in charge of that Department. The attitude displayed by that officer is totally unacceptable."
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