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    "id": 1559223,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1559223/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I take this opportunity to congratulate Hon. Bwire for the bold step of bringing the people of Pare ancestry to the National Assembly. Our job as leaders is to find solutions. That is why we are here. We can ventilate as much as we want, but if we do not offer solutions, then we are not rendering the services that we are expected to. We already have solutions to these two issues, which I have already proposed, and which are being processed with the help of the Speaker and the Clerk. On the issue of the Pare people and other stateless people, I have already proposed the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Bill, 2023, which will create a new category of acquiring citizenship by ancestry in terms of historical connection, lineage, affinity and consanguinity. We will also implement the right of return for all Africans who are exported out of Africa. That is a solution which this House should support. The second issue is the aspect of IDs. I have already proposed the Registration of Persons (Amendment) Bill, which will enable students to get ID cards and voters’ cards while they are still in school. This afternoon, we reiterated what we said in Naivasha that we should prioritise Private Members’ Bills. We have the solutions; it is up to us to actualise them. I want to assure the Pare people that this House will come up with solutions. They will not be stateless. We will pass this Bill and they will get the citizenship. I know the Pare people very well. There is a famous joke in Tanzania that says, “My mother was from there.” I do not intend to demean anybody. That means that if you want to send money to your mother in the village and you give it to a Pare, it will get to your mother, 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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