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    "id": 1111788,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
        "slug": "mohammed-mahamud"
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    "content": "Every Kenyan has the right to have an ID card. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Registrar of Persons are not doing anybody any favour. That is the job they are supposed to do. Issuance of ID cards has been shrouded in a lot of confusion because the process in which they do it is not very clear. When they register people, the documents which are sent to Nairobi take time to go back. There must be clarity. There must be a process through which people can actually track their IDs from the time they start registration to the time they receive them. We have heard that a lot of ID cards are lying all over the place. This is because there is no system of tracking. If I go to a registration center today and my details are taken then I should know after how many months I should get the document. There must be a way in which I should be contacted. It is unfortunate that we are now asking Kenyans to register en masse for voter registration but we are not asking people to register en masse for national IDs. This is because before you become a voter you must have an ID card. We sleep on the job until the last minute and then ask people to register. Today the newspapers were reporting about the low turnout of people for voter registration. They said that it stands at 8 percent in the counties. There are two reasons for this. One, people did not turn up. Two, people did not have ID cards with which to register. This matter by bought by Sen. Dullo is very serious. In some areas where we come from, in northern Kenya, we have our own unique problems because registration of persons is taken as a privilege to be meted out by the Executive to the citizens there. It is our right to get it. Border towns have problems. There is no continuous registration of persons. They only release when they want and those that are there are not followed up properly. It is a serious matter and the Committee on Security which has been asked to look into this matter, needs to sit down and see what can be done. There must be some change in laws because the obligation to give people ID cards rests with the Executive but they are not taking it seriously. It appears as if it is a privilege to give people ID cards and not a right. In order for there to be mass voter registration, there must be mass issuance of ID cards to the mwananchi. Otherwise, we want people to vote for us, but we do not want to give them ID cards. It is a serious matter and I support the Statement. We should follow up this matter to its logical conclusion. I thank you."
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