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    "id": 395092,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/395092/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1067,
        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Thank you for the information. We know that registration goes on. But that registration does not define the citizenship. Foreigners are also registered and issued with Kenyan birth certificates. There is nothing wrong with the law. The registration we are looking for is where you determine citizenship right from the beginning. Birth certificates can be printed anywhere. There are fake ones and so forth. There is also the issue of the Department of Immigration and Registration of Persons which has been blamed for issuing passports to non-deserving citizens. I think we must place blame where it lies. Issuance of a passport begins with birth certificate and then identity cards. Vetting of people to be issued with identity cards is done by the administrative department, by the wazees and chiefs. Once an identity card has been issued, it becomes very difficult for an Immigration Officer to turn away a citizen who has already been issued with an identity card. There was a time when identity cards would be set aside and people would be interviewed. However, owing to political pressure, a time came when the issue of birth certificate was put aside and we resorted to giving out passports as long as somebody had an identity card. That issue has to be relooked into so that we go back to vetting people. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to second the amendment to this Motion. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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