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    "id": 392885,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I had the privilege when I was practicing to represent Sen. Musila in a suit that he filed in 2006 concerning this issue, which, in fact, led to the enactment of law to make this practice of withholding certificates illegal. In fact, at that material time, after filing our legal suit, I remember then the Government came up with the policy of free secondary education, et cetera. But it is even worse, because in 2006/2007, the people who were most affected during that time were from Makueni and Kitui. But it was much worse than this because the people who were being denied these certificates were unable to get school leaving certificates; they could not register to get identity cards. Therefore, they were not registered voters and they could not even get jobs. So, it cannot be a policy that we punish young people in this country for the poverty of their parents or their inability to pay school fees. It cannot be policy or law. It is illegal and we must condemn it in the strongest terms possible. It cannot be allowed. This must be the only country where young people are denied opportunities to a reasonable livelihood by the mistakes, inheritance or, maybe, lack thereof of their parents. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support Sen. Musila in seeking further clarification, in fact, summoning the responsible persons because we cannot allow them to violate the rights of young people in our country on account of their parents poverty. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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