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    "id": 1034400,
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    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": " It has to be this lingua franca known as English. I rise to support this Motion by Hon. Mary Wamaua. It goes without saying that registration documents such as birth certificate, identity cards and death certificates are very important. Those documents matter a lot in life and it is important that the Government ensures that service delivery and provision of those documents are near to the citizens. My constituency is rural and vast. We only have a registration centre at Marimanti. The second one is coming up in a second sub-country. I want to get a cue from Hon. Kigano to get a third one in Chiakariga. The net effect is to bring those services closer to the people. It is vitally important that the Government assists Members of Parliament and citizens in getting those centres established and equipped near the citizens. I want to call upon the Government to expand and establish more registration centres so that our people are better served. The Huduma centres are very important. I think that is what Hon. Kigano was referring to when he said that Prof. Margaret Kobia helped him establish a centre. I am grateful to Prof. because she authorised that I establish a Huduma centre, which will also serve as a registration centre, in Marimanti. Although she indicated that there are no funds for this and we have to use the NG-CDF which is cumbersome because we have to seek authority from Nairobi, I want to state that it is an important step towards that development. The Government must, without any reservations, set aside funds to establish Huduma centres in every sub-county, county and in all the constituencies in the country."
}