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    "id": 251261,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/251261/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Konchelah",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Sitelu Konchella",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the hon. Member for those questions because they will further clarify what we have done. The Ministry is being allocated its own Budget in the next Financial Year, 2006/2007. This will help us to plan on a roll-out programme to register all 774 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 27, 2006 Kenyans before the next General Election. Part of the money will be used to buy vehicles so that we can send them to the various districts, particularly the vast ones which require mobile registration to be effected. This will be done within the course of the next financial year. For now, we urge the registrars to work with other Government departments to register Kenyans where they are. I, therefore, want to ask this House to also support that programme. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know over-age applicants are required to pay for an affidavit. As for the districts that are within the border areas, the vetting committee must satisfy itself that the people asking for identity cards are Kenyans, so that we do not give out Kenyan documents to people who are not Kenyans. They may not be of any good to us. I am afraid those people have to satisfy the requirements of the law, so that they can get the documents if they qualify."
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