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    "id": 1154036,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1154036/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. There is not much to say. First, this Bill brings centralisation of personal information. It is the way to go. It is the way to avoid situations where one has to deal with many pieces of identification of all sorts. If we go this way, even the idea of registration of voters in future will be made much simpler. Secondly, it brings legitimacy to the idea of citizenship - legitimacy in the sense that part of the problem we sometimes suffer is people who sneak into this country and find their way into having documents of identification, including passports. If we go this way, we will trace and track people from day one. Thirdly, it will also help us in improving taxation and accountability in payments. We live in a country where some of the richest people do not pay taxes. They sneak through the crevices in the laws of taxation and identification. There are those who wanted to dissuade people from this Bill by trying to link it to the elections. This Bill and having the Huduma Card has nothing to do with elections, rigging or otherwise. It is only those who are starting to fear the outcome of the elections that would want to tie this to the elections. Lastly, I sympathise with my brother, Hon. Sankok. Obviously, he does not have the Huduma Card. I tell him that my entire family and I have it. He was tangatangaring when we were applying. He could not settle to apply. Now, let the Bill come and he will settle and get it in time."
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