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    "id": 328096,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to thank the Committee for bringing these amendments. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have a problem with regulations 33A (2) (b) where you say that one of the considerations for registration of Kenyan citizens will be “other logistical considerations,” especially because you are doing this for the very first time. This may be susceptible to abuse. If I am part of the Commission and there is a certain group that I want or there is a group that is sympathetic to this party, then the logistical consideration will be to consider this area and not the other area. Part (a) is not subjective, but (b) is very subjective. I also have a problem with regulation 33D. It is okay where you talk about “valid Kenyan passport”. However, when you talk of “national identity card”, I do not know whether we are talking about the old one, because most of the people in diaspora do not have the national identification cards. But because they have travelled with passports, I think it will be better if we just put “passports” as opposed to “national identification cards,” because we are using a new generation identity cards. Finally, if you look at regulation 33E, you will find that we are saying that we are not going to use Ambassadors, Deputy Ambassadors and High Commissioners or a Deputy Commissioner of a Kenyan mission. However, we are saying that we may use services of any foreign representative. How is this foreign representative appointed? Who is she/he? So, when you have a person whose appointment is not very clear, then it is also amenable to abuse. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I do not know whether hon. Amina Abdalla could just respond to that to make me feel a bit more comfortable, because I am very uncomfortable with those three."
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