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    "id": 1559207,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I am not an expert at mesmerising people. Allow me to tell Hon. Millie that I can express myself best the way I would like to. We must end statelessness in this country. It is a position where you belong nowhere. One of the greatest sufferings in the world is not to belong to a State. We have salvaged the Makonde, Shona and Pemba communities. The Pare, Rundi and Rwandese communities that are still in this country require affirmative action. We solved the Makonde problem. We still have a problem with the Nubians because of the accord. We also have a problem with the Watha and Sanya communities, but as a country, we should be at the forefront of solving statelessness. I have pushed a Bill in this House that has taken inordinately too long to finish to solve statelessness. Given an opportunity, I believe this 13th Parliament should be on record to finish statelessness. We have a President who is not averse to these issues. When he went to Kilifi County to give the Pemba citizenship, he was very categorical: Let Parliament do its work to ensure that we have a law that does not allow a Kenyan who is discriminated against by being stateless. I have seen stateless people suffer. You cannot register a SIM card or have a bank account. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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