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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "itself is also an incident that still falls under deaths in school or surrounding circumstances within the institution. So, as much as this is being referred to the Committee on Education, we need to look into how we can legislate on that. I also support the Statement on citizenship status for foreign persons. I know it is coming from the interest of Taita/Taveta where we have many Tanzanians married to locals and living in Kenya and are, therefore, seeking Government services. When looking at this matter, it should also be broadened. This is because we have genuine cases of those looking to get their citizenship status so that they can access Government services. However, we need to control foreigners who want to come in and just get citizenship for whatever reasons, for example, doing business, avoiding to pay fees on business permits, acquiring property et cetera . On that particular matter, when a Kenyan gets married in a foreign land, it is not as easy as we are trying to do it. They just do not get citizenship status. In Europe, for example, they are subjected to understanding the culture, history and the language. They have even created jobs for teachers. This is because as a foreigner, you have to go, sit for classes and learn the language. Once they believe that you have the best interest of that country at heart, you are granted some form of paperwork; residency or citizenship. So, as much as we are trying to make it easy for these foreigners to get Government services, we should also ask ourselves how we are preserving, for instance, our language. This is probably why the Swahili Language is disappearing. We have foreigners coming in and they do not want to learn the language, our history, or culture. This is why we have issues with our culture, beliefs and principles being corroded because we are simply handing out documents without interrogating what the end game should be."
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