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    "id": 1519633,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I would like to make some remarks regarding this Petition. First, I would like to express my support for Hon. Bwire, a young and vibrant Member for Taveta Constituency, on the recognition of the Pare people as Kenyans. The Pare are similar to the Makonde and Wanyasa from Malawi and Pemba who have been living in Kenya. Many of them came during the construction of the railway line and to work in sisal farms. So, they made Kenya their home. Their great-grandparents were here and children were born from relationships and marriages involving the Pare people. The Pare community has not been officially recognised as Kenyans. We also have communities such as the Rwandese who are Kenyans by birth, but lack formal recognition. The 12th Parliament made us proud because through a parliamentary process, the Pemba Community was recognised as Kenyan. I urge the Committee on Public Petitions to use this opportunity to bring honour to the 13th Parliament by ensuring that the Pare people, who reside in Taveta and have lived there continuously, are recognised as Kenyans and granted citizenship. I request the Committee to expedite this process of ensuring that the Pare Community is acknowledged as Kenyan. Additionally, I wish to propose an amendment to the Citizenship Act, to facilitate the automatic recognition of other communities, without them struggling for their Kenyan status, even though they have been identified as Kenyans. Hon. Speaker, as you assign this Petition to the Committee, please, encourage them to act quickly, so that the Pare people living in this country can become recognised as Kenyans. Thank you."
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