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    "id": 1506212,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1506212/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I congratulate Hon. Joyce for this wonderful amendment Bill. I am sure you do not know how many problems you would have solved, particularly for us Cushitic people, the people of the north, pastoralists, and nomads. For such people, getting an identity card is like climbing Mount Kenya without the necessary gear. Why is that particular document compulsory? The Higher Education Loans Board considers an identity card as a priority document to identify young learners who join our universities. An identity card is a priority document. It is a very significant document that every Kenyan must have before one can open a bank account or get a job. Any person who lives in Kenya who does not have an identity card becomes an alien or a stateless person. It is a very important document. If a document is compulsory, getting it should be made easy. That simply means that a Kenyan who applies for an identity card at the right age and time should get it within a week or a month. For those of us from Marsabit, the earliest you can get an identity card is within three months. It can take you years before you can access that document. However, if you impose those limitations on those entering universities and colleges, that simply means that they will never get higher education loan because they cannot be identified. We must consider other necessary documents that individuals can easily obtain like birth certificates, chief’s letters, documents from church organisations or imams in mosques. Those documents can be used to identify an individual. Hon. Joyce, for that reason, you do not know the magnitude of the problem you are seeking to solve by a dint of this Amendment Bill. It might appear as one line, but it is going to solve problems for millions of young Kenyans who want to access higher education or opportunities abroad or apply for passports without an Identification Card (ID Card). If that passport is a priority, together with other necessary documents, that young person can get that passport."
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