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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisoi",
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    "content": "who commit crimes to get identified. If the security system is completely harmonized with a central system where all the information on every citizen is available, then cases of insecurity will be minimized. This will really help our security agencies to identify any Kenyan at any level. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the most crucial point of registration is at the point of birth; that is where we need to be able to access all the vital information on every citizen. Through the same process of unifying the identification process, we will also note that this country is dependent so much on statistics and data. If we do not have proper data and statistics pertaining to our population, all the people who are supposed to contribute to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and pay for driving licenses, will not be able to have accurate data, and will not really help this country to plan forward. Therefore, the unification of this centralized system will ensure all the information is easily accessible or available, so that planning can be done without making very grievous mistakes or errors. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, getting identification documents, as I said, has been is a nightmare even to our young generation, especially in very marginalized rural areas; to complete the process of acquiring an identification card in the rural areas requires three months. This is one of the most unfortunate things. Getting a simple document like an ID card can take two months or even more time. Therefore, if this system is installed, then it will help all the people in marginalized. It will eliminate the pain of travelling to very far areas to seek the services of registration bureaus. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will also know that this country has serious challenges in terms of devolving services. There are two fronts which we can really look at. It is either decentralize completely and have it at the county level or have it at the national level. The national level will not help us very much because we need to take these services closer to our people. Therefore, this Motion has come at a time when this country has to realize that efficiency and effectiveness in delivery of service will also depend on the information which is easily accessible for decision making processes even at management levels. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I join my colleagues and urge hon. Nyamai to prepare an amendment to the Registration of Persons Act, so that this Motion can be made law immediately. So many Motions have been passed since the 9th Parliament, 10th Parliament and even the current 11th Parliament. The Government seems to be taking very little note in terms of taking action, and most of the Motions which come here are passed for the interest of Kenyans. As this is a matter of great national interest, we need to introduce an amendment to the Act. This way we will then ensure that the Motion’s objective is achieved within a given time, and also will the objectives envisaged in this Motion. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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