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    "id": 302760,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 164,
        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, for ladies who want to include their husbands’ names in their identity cards, I have since said that they should do so without a charge. I have said this because I think it is discriminatory to expect ladies to pay a fee in order to put their names correctly because it is in the interest of the country and the family that they bear such names. Consequently, I have directed that no fees will be charged. In fact it was even more costly for a young lady who had been married under customary law to have her husband’s name in her identity card because she would be required to have an affidavit. She would also be required to have another affidavit to show where she was when she turned 18. Some of them were married before they were 18 years old and some of these things were very complicated. I can tell you that in my own constituency, to move from Mfangano Island to get an affidavit from Homa Bay, you needed to get a loan from your merry-go-round because you needed Kshs3,000 plus. Nobody has that kind of money for merely putting her husband’s name in her identity card. So, we were defeating the purpose for which we were offering this service. So, it is directed that all ladies who want to change their identity cards to read their husbands’ name can do so without a charge. They will not even require affidavits. In fact, as long as your chief accepts that what you have said is true, because he is the one who knows whether you are married there or not - magistrates do not know - the authentification of the chief is sufficient."
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