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    "id": 1111816,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. It is a sad situation that a Kenyan who is 18 years cannot get an identification card without identifying their mother or father, yet at birth, the mother and father were known. We live in a country where getting a birth certificate, an identification card and a death certificate is a problem. Everything you need to get to identify you as Kenyan is a problem. According to the Constitution, life begins at conception and you become a Kenyan at birth. Ideally, you should get your birth certificate immediately you are born. At that point, your mother is known by the midwife and your father is known by the midwife and the hospital. However, somebody will tell you to go and look for your mother and father in the village when you are 18. It is a sad story. What is even more sad is that Sen. (Dr.) Ali, Sen. Dullo and Sen. Abdul Haji come from counties that have supported the Government since Independence yet they are treated as if they are second class citizens. That is unfortunate. It is not the problem of the people who border Somalia that there are Somali residents in Kenya because they did not make it happen. We take pride in having the largest refugee camp. It is not the problem of the people that Sen. (Dr.) Ali represents that they cannot get identification cards."
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