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    "id": 191014,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/191014/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wambugu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 149,
        "legal_name": "Clement Muchiri Wambugu",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me a chance to 1546 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 2, 2008 contribute to this Motion. In supporting this Motion I would like to say that Kenya is the only country, south of Sahara, where you can walk into a kiosk on the roadside and buy for yourself a SIM card and start spreading all sorts of all messages. Without control, I do not know where we are headed to. This country has been so vulnerable to terrorism, and terrorists can also use the same method to propagate hate messages and do other criminal acts. I urge the Government to move very fast and support this Motion, so that everybody who buys a SIM card is registered, so that we can know what is happening. Other than the hate messages that we witnessed at the beginning of the year, there are conmen. There are people even in prison who are spreading messages. They are able to send out all sorts of messages from prison, because of the way it has been made so easy for them to obtain phones. So, it is very dangerous. People have been conned of a lot of money. Marriages have been broken because of this thing. Somebody just decided to buy a SIM card, sent a certain message and disappeared. So, I support this Motion, and I would like it to be supported, so that we are able to move very fast and have people registered. We should control those people who send out hate messages, because of the easy availability to the users of mobile phones. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, most of these issues have been talked about, and I do not think I can speak a lot on them. I would like to give an example. I went to a place called Dubai and I wanted to buy a SIM card; I could not buy it because I did not have a passport. So, why can we not do the same? Let us make sure that everybody who wants to buy a SIM card has proper identification. With those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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