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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Member for Westlands",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, that Ministry did nothing, because they could not even buy cameras. Let us have a camera in every district or location, so that we can register our people. The majority of our people could not even vote. Those hon. Members who want to be President need to rectify this first. If you want to be President and your people have not been registered and they do not have IDs cards, how will you win? People from Central and Eastern provinces are so lucky, because they get ID cards before they are 18 years old. This is because they do not come from border areas. My own son, and I am an hon. Member for Westlands Constituency, could not get an ID card. He was told: \" Nenda ukalete baba yako \". He told those officers: \"My father is the hon. Member for this area\". But they said: \" Nenda umleta na ID yake naya mama yake \". Can you believe that? I had to go and identify myself. The guy who was asking him for his father knows very well that I am his hon. Member of Parliament. Can you believe that? What about the ordinary person from Kangemi who has nothing? How will he get an ID? Therefore, let us give our people IDs. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let us not look at things in a simple way. Today, we are calling Mr. Raila, Prime Minister designate. We are not changing this Constitution because of Raila! Tomorrow, he will not be there. You remember very well that at one time - Mr. Michuki once said it - we wanted a Prime Minister because it was difficult to remove Moi. Today, who is the President? It is President Kibaki! Tomorrow, it will be somebody else! Let us create these positions for Kenyans because anybody can be a Prime Minister or President of this country. Anybody can be a Minister. We have seen very powerful people in this country. Some people who speak loudest just speak on borrowed power. The day they are not Ministers, they are nothing. The only powerful person in this country is the President. When he makes Mr. Gumo the Minister, he becomes so powerful that he talks so loudly thinking that he is also powerful. He is not!"
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