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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a shame to the Ministry concerned that getting an ID card is a problem. I also saw another problem during the weekend when I was going round in Bomet County. People are becoming suspicious. Through social media, they saw that in other counties, those forms were taken to high schools for students to register yet, to get a form in Bomet, it takes you weeks traveling to the county or sub- county headquarters to get them. It takes time. Even after getting the forms and filing them, the process for it to come to Nairobi and become an ID, then be brought back to the village takes a lot of time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, people are becoming suspicious why some counties are sidelined. Why are very few forms getting to some counties, and yet they are very fast in other counties? If you register for an ID card today, in two weeks, you have it. The youth are communicating. They are really complaining and almost suspecting that some counties are being marginalized because some people do not want them to vote for a particular presidential candidate in 2022. This thing is raising a lot of suspicion and the Government should come out clearly and tell us which are these counties that are immediately getting forms and why the process takes a shorter time while in other counties the process takes a long time. In Bomet, we are almost suspecting that it is a cartel to reduce the number of voters in 2022. This process of getting ID cards should be fast tracked. The department of the registrar of births and deaths should come out clearly. They should make sure that registration in all counties is very clear. The processes and everything else should even be put in the media to create transparency so that it gets rid of these suspicions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the challenges that are faced in this process is first of all the process itself. It takes a long time. The requirement for the youth to get ID cards of people who have passed on is very tedious and unnecessary. Secondly, registration forms are very few in some counties, like Bomet. I was told last week that there were no more forms in all the sub county headquarters. Number three is the delay and the distance. Why can these forms not be taken to the chiefs like long time ago? I even got my form in a chief’s office, and it was so easy. Why can it not be reversed so that those forms are available in the closest office of an administrator? Lastly, it should be clear that in some places, some students who are underage are being encouraged to have these ID cards. This should come out very clearly so that we live in harmony in our country and understand that equality is being exercised. Thank you."
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