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    "id": 196027,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Motion. I think it is long overdue. The kipande has come a long way. When I look around this House, I am sure that the only person who is qualified to tell us about the kipande, from the metallic days to now, is Mr. Michuki. What we are asking to be done is going to call for a lot of legal draftmanship, and that will mean looking very carefully through the Registration of Persons Act, the Immigration Act and the Electoral Commission of Kenya Act, so that all of them are harmonised either into one Act or into two Acts. It would have been a good thing if the Attorney-General himself was here to listen to this contribution. What is happening on the ground now is that even as the Registration of Persons Act stands now--- What has been introduced is illegal and is very prevalent not just in northern Kenya but even in other areas of the country, particularly areas occupied by muslim communities; this is the vetting system. It is discriminatory and is not provided for in the Act, yet the Assistant Chiefs, Chiefs, the District Officers (DOs) and District Commissioners (DCs) enforce it. If you bear islamic names, then you will not get an identity card until you go through the vetting process. The vetting process is not in the Act, and is not provided for in the law. What is important now is that in areas such as Kisumu, where I come from, Muslim- occupied areas like Nubian, Manyatta, Kaloleni and Mukendwa there is an outcry. You will find that Kenyans who are over 50 years old, who are Muslims, who do not know whether they are qualified to be Kenyans, Somalis or people of other countries, because they cannot access this document. It is very important that we 600 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 23, 2008 harmonise all the laws relating to the registration of persons. The views that we have heard this morning in the House should be taken seriously. If this Motion is passed, then Kenya will be a much better place for all of us. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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