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    "id": 393154,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/393154/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2469,
        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
        "slug": "gj-munuve-mati"
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    "content": "Given the problem of banditry that we went through two or three weeks ago, one only hopes that we could move with speed to digitize our identification processes and make it possible for Kenyans to carry a single identification instrument. I know of countries in Africa with such systems. For example, in Zimbabwe, nobody gets registered as a voter because their national identity card suffices to be a voting instrument for everybody. Anybody who has an identity card is entitled to vote anywhere. So, I strongly support hon. Nyamai’s Motion, which suggests that we should come up with one instrument that will enable the Government to identify a person. However, we must ensure that such an instrument cannot be forged. In doing so, I would urge that we also train our registration officers. I know the difficulties that my brothers and sisters in the North Eastern region go through. In many places, the clerical officers of the National Registration Bureau have made it very difficult for Kenyans to be registered. Wherever one goes, there are all sorts of questions and demands. In some places, orphans cannot be registered because their parents passed on. They are told to go back with their parents, who may also have passed away. That becomes very difficult. So, we have to come up with a system that makes it possible for us to identify Kenyans. Digitization can be very easy. If we can afford to give computers to primary school kids we surely can have a facility at the district level that makes it possible for a person to have all their data collected and made available at a central depository place at the national level. For example, if a matatu driver is stopped by the traffic police, all the information about that person say, from their place and date of birth, when they paid their The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}