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    "id": 1562046,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1562046/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": "For them to obtain official documents such as birth certificates, passports and national Identity Cards (IDs), parents are required to register the child's birth with the Government of Kenya. These documents are available in most Kenyan missions abroad where they can easily access them. As we speak, applications are now processed through the e-Citizen platform and thus centralised. Additionally, the State Department of Diaspora Affairs carries out regular mobile consular services outreach. It takes services to Kenyan in the diaspora where we have a high population of Kenyans. The programme takes a one-government approach as it on-boards Government agencies to provide essential Government services like issuance of passports, IDs, birth certificates, certificates of good conduct, DNA sampling, among others. We do it as a holistic approach. The second aspect of the Question is how Government is supporting the economic participation of Kenyans abroad particularly, in acquiring property, securing employment and contributing their skills and expertise to national development. The Government has implemented several initiatives to support economic participation of Kenyans born abroad, recognising their significant role in national development. These initiatives are many and varied. First, it should be recognised that we never had the State Department of Diaspora Affairs since independence. This is now in place. The department is dedicated to facilitating and supporting Kenyans in the diaspora. This Department has also launched the Kenya Diaspora Policy 2024. In the policy, we articulate the Government's commitment to engage with the Kenyan diaspora aiming to integrate them into the national development agenda. It 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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