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    "id": 1154057,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1154057/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "East Africa and the world. We do not have to keep bringing experts from Estonia, Sweden or Finland which have this kind of system. We hope that Kenya will provide experts to go around the world to demonstrate what an integrated identity management system is all about. I really thank everyone. I look forward to our processing the few amendments proposed by the Committee and any other amendments that Members may propose. Before we go on recess tomorrow, we should have this Bill in place. We need to allay the fears, as Hon. (Dr.) Otiende mentioned, of those who thought Huduma Namba is about the election. There is no connection. Elections, as we are concerned, are about your ID card. And we did pass the Elections (Amendment) Bill today, which includes a valid Kenyan passport as a document for election. That is what we need to worry about for now. In future, when the Huduma Card becomes the new ID card, there will adequate time for everybody above 18 years to register as a voter. It will be the reference document for voting. Nobody needs to worry that they will be left out. Indeed, people should be happy that everyone will be included. That is not exactly the situation now, because you are registered only when you turn 18 years. With the Huduma Card, people will be registered at birth. When you get to school, your National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) will be linked to your Huduma Namba. So, it will be a unique number from birth. We need not to worry. I want to persuade those who had fears to reread the Bill and see that there is no issue. One more worry that some Members mentioned is that we are doing away with the Department of Immigration Services. There is the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act (No. 12 of 2011), and it is not being repealed anywhere. There may be some reorganisation of departments in terms of registration, but the functions of the Director of Immigration Services remain intact. Hence we do not need to worry about some of the issues that may have circulated. Those are fears that were unfounded and have been addressed adequately by the Committee and in the other amendments that will be moved. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those remarks, I thank you for your leadership on this matter. I thank our technical staff who have been engaged in this process so far. I also thank all of us for being part of the history making process. I beg to reply."
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