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    "id": 1406515,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406515/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Malindi, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amina Mnyazi",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the status of processing and issuance of the Seafarers’ Identity Document (SID). In 2022, Kenya ratified the International Labour Organisation (Seafarers’ Identity Document) Convention which requires that all seafarers have the Seafarers’ Identity Document (SID). The SID is a document that is carried by all professional seafarers for the purposes of facilitating their mobility, transfer and transit at maritime borders and as a part of the security requirement of port states. However, there have been grievances reported about the lack of issuance of this crucial document to Kenyan seafarers denying them entry into other countries. The Kenya Maritime Authority was set to roll out the issuance of SID but this has been delayed and no status update issued on the matter. This puts the jobs of thousands of seafarers and crew members working on different shipping lines at risk and is a hurdle to those seeking maritime-related employment opportunities. Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure on the following— 1. What is the status of the processing and issuance of the Seafarers’ Identity Document? 2. How many applications have been received by the Kenya Maritime Authority and the number of SIDs issued from 2022 to date? 3. What challenges have hindered the processing of Seafarers’ Identity Document? And 4. What plans have been put in place to ensure that the processing of the Seafarers’ Identity Document is fast-tracked? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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