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    "content": "the issue of identity cards, those of us from northern Kenya, believe that it is difficult for us to get an identity card, compared to the other Kenyans. This is because we are asked for a lot of information. I am Rendile. There are no Rendiles anywhere in the world, except in Kenya. Despite that, I will be taken through that process. I do not come from a border community. However, the fact that I come from northern Kenya, makes me go through that process. That process has to be objective. There should not be a blanket application of the process. If we can check for the cross-border communities, at least, we will be making the burden even easier for the registration officers. So, we need to check that because we, from northern Kenya, do not believe that we are subjected to the same requirements as the rest of Kenyans. Madam Temporary Speaker, for example, we are told to get our grandparents’ documents. Why do I have to go for my grandparent’s document when I have parents? We do not need to go far, because that makes it very difficult for somebody to get documents. That is why cheating comes in. I used to work in Mandera. The complaint has been that somebody from Bulawayo will get an identity card faster than the local Kenyan in Mandera. This person will feel that it is his right and, therefore, not pay for it, while the other one will pay for it, because it is not his right. That way you will end up having the aliens registered as Kenyans, while the Kenyans are still taken through the grandparents’ documentation and all that. So, when this process is done, it is better to also look at the processes which hinder the normal registration of persons and make people to go through the corrupt ways. When there is corruption, foreigners will be ready to pay even more than the Kenyans. But if it is an open and fair process, then the Kenyans will get their documents and it will be difficult for the foreigners to get the documents. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the Motion and urge the Department of Immigration and Registration of Persons to actually look at their whole process of registration, especially in the border areas and northern Kenya in totality, so that Kenyans can get their rights and make it difficult for foreigners to get the Kenyan documentation."
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