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    "id": 1111766,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111766/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Every time I go particularly to the former North Eastern Province and Marsabit, Isiolo and Turkana counties, not to speak of the other counties also, the critical question you are always asked is about ID cards. It is not the citizens who ask for identification cards, but the Kenyan Constitution that states that it is a right. So, no excuse should be given to deny people ID cards particularly. The Government should find a way of enabling even citizens in areas with conflicts or other challenges like in the northern and eastern counties of Kenya get ID cards. They should find some kind of procedure where somebody who applies for a passport of ID card and they are Kenyan to get it without too many roadblocks. The other time we were in Garissa, we were told that there used to be an immigration office in Garissa and passports could be issued from there. However, that office has been closed for more than 10 years now. Something should be done to address that anomaly. More importantly, I also join other Senators who have already expressed themselves on the importance of our ID. Article 38 of the Constitution gives every Kenyans the certain political rights, for example, the right to take part in the governance of the country through either political parties or participating in elections as candidates or as a voter. That right is denied every time somebody does not get a voters’ card or ID."
}