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    "id": 196053,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 164,
        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "If you go to police cells, you will find it full of people who did not have ID cards, as if it is an offence to walk without one. Our magistrates do not seem to discourage it because every morning, you are found without an ID card and because you do not want problems, you say: \"Of course, sir!\" Then you are fined, maybe, Kshs500 and you go away. But it is a way of harassing Kenyans. I hope it can stop. On the real issue of the Motion, whether to combine voting and national identification in one document, I have been advised by the Cabinet Office. I enquired. It is something that has been discussed by the Cabinet and it has been approved. What we are now waiting for is how to do it. That is because somebody raised the real issue here. An ID card is almost a permanent document for ten years. But for a voters card, you may want to change your station of voting and such like 610 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 23, 2008 things. How do you do it in such a way that it serves the purpose for which we are now requesting? I certainly accept this view as the Cabinet before us had accepted. I think it should be done. The only thing I may want to add is that we want to rapidly register Kenyans as they attain the age of 18. That is according to the Act so far. That way, we will not have those long queues. We will not have to come up with crisis budgets to make sure that people are cleared. The handicap that I have - and that is what I have been told by my Permanent Secretary - is that we do not have enough vehicles, especially now that we have created more districts. We will need more vehicles and fuel. I have had to pay for some fuel for the registrars to move somewhere. In my area, where there are boats to go to islands, I have also had to pay for fuel for boats to take registrars to some places. I hope that will be a thing of the past when budgetary allocations are made. Thank you very much, Mr. Ethuro, for bringing this Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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