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    "content": "Minister, in this House we have always told you that some of the reasons we have for not ensuring that Kenyans get the necessary document is the multiplicity of documentation. You need a passport, a birth certificate, a voter’s card and an ID card. This House has passed a resolution to assist the Government to reduce some of that cost by combining some of these documentations. I am worried, Minister, when in Clause 2(g), you tell us that we are all entitled to the following documentation without specifying that these documentations can be collapsed into just one document. It is easier and cheaper for you. We also passed a resolution the other day that during the registration of ID cards and since in polling stations we are going to be information technology savvy, that we should also borrow from the same so that we ensure that each of the citizens of the Republic actually enjoy these documentation you are talking about without the burden of carrying all of them in one wallet and also with the advantage that it might actually be cost-effective. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the last time when the Right hon. Prime Minister was making a Statement to this House, he actually said that you can use the ID card as a voter’s card. Now when I see this differentiation, I am getting worried. I need that assurance because it is really important. We cannot be saying we are not going to get any support when we are not doing anything possible to reduce the cost. There is the question of dual citizenship which we have all been crying about. We have all been saying that those Kenyans who get the opportunity to be away from this country, and who would still like to retain our citizenship, but because we had excluded them from that possibility, now they have an opportunity to be citizens of that other country and still retain the Kenyan citizenship which is by birth and we cannot deny them. This is a provision that we made in the new Constitution. I am glad that the Minister is giving specifications on how that dual citizenship can be acquired and the limitations it imposes on the particular citizen. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, mine is just to appreciate the Minister for this and we look forward to the fruits of the new Constitution. Thank you."
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