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    "id": 1105931,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1105931/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know why the Senate Majority Whip decided to be selective in raising that issue yet I had praised the same Government. Let me make it better for him. In the future Government of the Hustler Government of mama mboga, we will be willing to work with Kenyans from the diaspora because we know that they face many challenges. I am not in any way challenging the Government of the day. We have a Government; whether it is functional or dysfunctional. We have a running Government that is running the status of the affairs now. I would like to assure the Senate Majority Whip that all is well and that the Government is intact. However, I take this opportunity to welcome Sen. Wamatngi to the future Government of the Hustlers which includes all Kenyan’s starting with the mamamboga . We will need the expertise of Sen. Wamatangi when the time comes to form the Hustlers Government. I would like to clarify to Sen. Wamatangi that I did not say that there is no existing Government. There is an existing Government at the moment. The Senate Majority Whip, Sen. Wamatangi, is a good friend of mine and we have a special relationship. He knows that most of the people that we interacted with come Kiambu County. I would expect Sen. Wamatangi to be lauding one of his Members for being hard working and bringing such legislative interventions that will assist a majority of the people from Kiambu County. I hope to listen to the submissions by Sen. Wamatangi later because most of the Kenyans who live in the diaspora come from Kiambu County. I hope that Sen. Wamatangi will support this move to assist all Kenyans in the Diaspora including those who come from Kiambu County. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the interest of time, let me make my submission short. Another obligation that has been given to the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to facilitate the timely issuance or renewal of passports. The biggest challenge that all Kenyans who live abroad face is the renewal of passports. Most Kenyans in the Diaspora that I know called me to raise their concerns on registration for the Huduma Number. I wonder who advices the Government officials during the roll out of such Programmes. Why do they not use Kenyan associations in the diaspora to ensure that Kenyans register for such Government services? There are Kenyans associations in all parts of the world where the citizens of Kenya are. The renewal of passports continues to be a challenge to Kenyans living in the diaspora. Why can we not assign the role of renewal of passports to the embassies and high commissions? Kenyans in the United States of America (USA) have to fly for many hours to go to Washington DC to renew passports. Why can we not make use of the online passport renewal process fully? Why can the officials who sit pretty in the Embassy offices in Washington DC not take a flights to Seattle, Atlanta or any other state with a high population of Kenyans at least once a week to register Kenyans in those states? The Kenyan embassies and high commissions in other countries such as the United Kingdom, France, India or the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could also move around from city to city to register Kenyans. We have witnessed the influx of the Pakistanis in the country lately. I hope that the Government will handle that issue in a more humane way and within the framework that is provided for in the law. Kenyans who attain the age of 18 and live outside the"
}