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    "id": 1111791,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111791/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "I do not know why the registration of persons is not as innovative as the IEBC in carrying out campaigns to attract more youthful Kenyans to register as voters. This is an issue that is of concern to the many of the people that we represent. Last Saturday, I was in a function in a ward in Nyamira and I met two very senior citizens who have served this country with distinction. One of them is a former MP for West Mugirango, hon. Kegoro who was an MP in the1970s. Another one was a retired chief called Chief Awaya. They raised a concern with me which I had never thought of. They posed this question to me: If the IEBC can go to the people down to the polling stations to register voters, why can the registration of persons not also be done at the village level? Our Constitution now identifies the lowest administrative unit as the village and the village elders are recognized under our Constitution. If you go to the village, elders of my village they will tell you who my grandfather was. They will tell you that I am the son of Mzee Mogeni Kimaiga. They will tell you I am a son of the late Gekara Mogeni. They will tell you I am a son of Milcah Mogeni. They know everybody; they even know my brothers and uncles. So, why this hullabaloo of saying that people should carry letters from their uncles and relatives in order to be issued with IDs? Let them go down to the village, the lowest administrative unit where we all know each other. That way, we will make issuance of IDs easier. If tomorrow these people want votes from all those village units, we will register our youth without so much hullabaloo. If you tell people that they must go to the sub- county level, some people do not see the value of an identity card. If you go to North Horr and tell somebody to use bus fare from the remotest area in North Horr to go and seek registration of an ID card, I can tell you there will be no incentive. However, if you go down to where these people are, you will get so many people registering as voters. When the Committee retreats to consider this Statement, we must demand that the registration of persons must be more innovative. They must make it their duty to ensure that they go to the Kenyans and ensure that they are registered. We can even have a mobile unit. If you walk to the office of the Registrar of Persons, they will just take your photo, ask for your birth certificate, a copy of your parents’ ID, take your fingerprints and you get your ID. This is something that can be done using a mobile unit. So, we must register our disaffection with the people who are tasked with this process because there are so many youths who have been left out there without ID cards and have not been registered and who unfortunately will not have their voice heard as we go to the elections. These are the guys who want to elect people whose ideas resonate with them. These are the people we say are the leaders of tomorrow, who want policies that will create employment for them and we must give them a say. I do not see why once your details are taken, you have to wait for close to one month. This should be real time business. Once your information details are taken, you should get your ID cards in real time. Passports are now being issued within two days. Why should an ID card wait for one month?"
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