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    "id": 1111916,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111916/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
        "slug": "rose-nyamunga-ogendo"
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    "content": "There is a tribe at the coast whose origin I think is Zimbabwe. They were issued with identification just the other day. They used to suffer because they could not do anything or even use M-pesa. Their children could not be allowed in any school because they did not have birth certificates. I do not see why such an important document can become difficult to get. Right now we are doing voter registration. Without identification cards, there is nothing we can do. We have many children who have gone through school in the past four years. Most of them do not have identification cards. In my view, the Government should be serious. There is nothing difficult in giving an individual an identification card. It is just a matter of filling a form and it is done. There are some people who applied two months ago but up to now they have not received their identification cards yet we have only three weeks remaining for voter registration. There must be some seriousness in how we handle issues and affairs of this country. We should not run this country as if it is a personal property. This country should be run with proper structures. When people need identification cards, they should have them. It should not take so long before they are issued. The IEBC officials are saying they do not have any money and they cannot extend the registration. It means they will not even achieve the numbers they targeted. I wonder why it has to be done the last minute. Why do we not have a proper way of issuing out identification cards? We could have done it last year. We should do it together with voter registration. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Statement by Sen. Dullo because it is timely. However, let something be done in the few remaining weeks. I think we only have two and a half weeks left before the registration of voters exercises is brought to a close. I thank you."
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