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    "id": 27958,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/27958/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khaniri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Information and Communications",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 171,
        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
        "slug": "george-khaniri"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to add my voice in support of those who have supported this Bill. At the outset, let me congratulate the Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons for this wonderful piece of legislation. I say it is a good Bill. I have had an opportunity to go through it. I know it will go a long way in streamlining matters related to immigration and issuance of travel documents to Kenyans and those who are seeking to be Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, I support most of the provisions. But just to cite a few, I want at the very outset to hail the Minister for making provision for dual citizenship. This has been a big cry particularly for Kenyans living in the diaspora. I once lived in the diaspora; I went to school in the USA. I know what this particular provision will do to the people in the diaspora. When you are out there, there are privileges that people enjoy when they get the citizenship of the countries where they are living or studying. I am talking of things like jobs. There are some jobs that are a preserve to only the citizens. Therefore, denying Kenyans who are eligible to get citizenship in other countries is denying them that opportunity to get access to these jobs. Things like bursaries and subsidized fees for students who are out there is now going to be possible if Kenyans out there will be allowed to hold dual citizenship. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to support the provisions of Clause 13 on this Bill. I know that we are trying to loosen the conditionalities for people to get their citizenships here. But as we do this, I want to insist that the security of our country should be paramount. It should come first and be given first priority. Therefore, when the Minister says in Clause 13(2) that:- “The Cabinet Secretary shall not register an applicant as a citizen of Kenya under this section if at the date of making the application, the applicant’s country of citizenship is at war with Kenya”"
}