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    "id": 1460959,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1460959/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Once you digitize, then it becomes a very simple process for you to print a copy of your old certificate. If today one of us loses their certificate of registration of a company, you will log on to E-Citizen platform, and you can print out a duplicate. I have taken a few minutes to look at how it is done across the world, and I came back home to the KNEC website. They have a portal. The process requires you to register in that portal. Once you have registered--- One shocking thing is, you have lost a certificate, but they still require you to submit a copy of the lost certificate. If you have lost, you have lost. It does not make any sense. They also require you to pay all this amount of money; the Kshs5,200. Things are very difficult. You are struggling to get a job and you are unable get one. I call upon the two gentlemen – the Chairperson and the CEO – this is an opportunity that that issue has been raised by the Senate of the Republic of Kenya – to consider digitizing everything. You already have the portal. You are collecting data, and you already have that data; nothing has changed. The best thing you can do is to make sure that you meet us halfway. I have no objection with you charging Kshs200, but asking for 5,200 does not make sense. I know it costs money for someone to sit and process the documentation. However, once you carry out the digitization process, it makes it easy. One of the other reasons I am persuaded that this is something that can be done at a very cost-effective manner, is that when you go through the process of KNEC, they require you to keep on sending SMSs every now and then for you to follow through to find out whether the process has been finalized. Instead of them collecting money through telecommunication and also collecting the Kshs5,200, why not reduce it to Kshs200? You do not have to go to their office. They do not require you to go to their office. They say in their website, “you do not need to come to our office.” Why do I need to pay you Kshs5,200 to access my certificates online? Come on! We are in the age of digital technology. Let us go digital and change life for our Kenyans. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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