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    "content": "move and ensure that these Kenyans are issued with passports. This is a right and not a privilege. You will find that foreigners can access identification documents more easily than Kenyans. Kenyans are impeded by very many processes especially those from border counties. Sometimes, one is asked for his grandfather’s identity card which is not necessary. If a foreigner went to ask for an identity card, that kind of documentation would not be required. However, if a Kenyan went to ask for the same identity card, they would be asked to present their grandfather’s identity card or a log book and many other unnecessary documents that are not provided within the law, just to prove that one is a citizen of this country. The other point is that the Government and the Attorney-General’s Office should provide clear guidelines on how one can prove his citizenship in this country. If those guidelines are not clear, many Kenyans will be denied an opportunity to get these identification documents. I will draw the attention of the House to a report that was done by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) on Identity Cards Crisis in 2012. The Report is very comprehensive. It highlights the challenges that Kenyans face in accessing identity cards. It also talks about ordinary Kenyan citizens being denied the identity cards. These are the results of corruption. Sometimes the processes are so impeding that you can wait for almost two to three years before you can access an identity card. This is discriminative and impedes the freedom of movement especially to those who live in refugee camps. These are people who are in refugee camps not out of their own wish but because they cannot afford daily bread. It is important for the Government to look into this matter so that these Kenyans are salvaged from being thrown out of their own country. If they live within refugee camps, they end up being denied all their basic rights in this country. If a foreigner can access an identity card, why not a Kenyan who can easily be verified and vetted? I second this Motion."
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