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    "id": 27925,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/27925/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 459,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 164,
        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
        "slug": "otieno-kajwang"
    },
    "content": "“Parliament shall enact legislation- (a) prescribing procedures by which a person may become a citizen; (b) governing entry into and residence in Kenya; (c) providing for status of permanent residents; (d) providing for voluntary renunciation of citizenship; (e) prescribing for procedures for revocation of citizenship; and (f) prescribing the duties and rights of citizens; and (g) generally giving effect to the provisions of this Chapter. So, this Bill actually is an improvement on our immigration law as it is known today. We have taken the cue from the Constitution at Article 18. The Constitution also provides at Article 12 certain rights of a citizen. Article 12(1)(b) provides right to a Kenyan passport and also to registration document and travel documents. So, that is an expanded right to the Kenyans which we did not have in the original law. So, in this Bill, we provided all the things that the Constitution expected us to provide and more. When we were given this job, we, initially, appointed a taskforce that went"
}