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    "id": 393234,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/393234/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even after we pass this Motion, this issue of national unified identification system should start from rural areas. It should start in remote areas like Nadapal, Nakale, where many elders who do not have the new generation ID cards, live. You can find an elder aged 95 years without an ID. He has been in this country for 95 years and cannot access an ID, yet he is a Kenyan. It is really sad to realize that people in most of the rural areas, because of lack of identification documents, have been denied this privilege. You can see that in this Kenya, lack of national unified identification system has actually promoted corruption; most of the things in Kenyan offices are manually done. You queue and you end up not getting the document. Therefore, there is actually duplication of these documents; when you go checking for your birth certificate or some other document; you are told that it is not available. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we will have this lean national unified identification system, we will assure Kenyans that corruption will actually be minimized. That is not even all; you realize it is not even about the issue of identification alone. The system can apply even to our certificates from institutions. When people, elites like us, re told to produce their certificates, they produce a simple document that shows all their documents, certificates and grades. You should not even have to write; once you touch somewhere, it should show all your documents. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we need to be relevant. This is a dynamic world and we need actually to be relevant. This is because we cannot be identified using rudimentary identification documents. We need to be digital and dynamic. Things change! Why do we remain rudimentary? Kenya will want now to meet the international standards. The only way we can meet international standards is actually by embracing the current technology. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Motion. When we pass it, we must start right away from the rural areas, because people there need what we call “equalization privileges”. Thank you."
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