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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Adan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to respond to a Statement that was requested by Sen. Murungi. On 17th March, 2014, Sen. Murungi requested for a Statement regarding the delay in issuance of birth certificates in Meru County. The Senator sought to be informed on the following:- (i) The number of birth certificates that have been issued in Meru County in 2012, 2013 and 2014. (ii) The reason for the unreasonable delay in issuance of birth certificates in Meru County. (iii) Whether the Government has any plans to decentralize registration of births and issuance of birth certificates to the sub-county level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 2012 and 2013, a total of 30,893 and 34,973 birth certificates were respectively issued in Meru County. So far in this year, 2014, a total of 7,494 birth certificates have been issued in the same county. It is true that there were delays in issuance of birth certificates in the country and not only in Meru County in December, 2013 and January 2014. This was occasioned by running out of certificates by the Government Printer which resulted in delays in supply of certificate booklets to the department. This invariably affected the supply of certificates to the registrars across the country which, unfortunately, translated to delays in service delivery to the applicants. However, I am happy to report that a steady supply of certificates was restored in February, 2014 though by that time there was accumulated backlog of applications in several registries. The department has since restored normal service delivery across the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government recognizes the importance of providing registration services as close to the people as possible. It is in this spirit that the civil registration offices have been increased to the current 107. This increment was only made possible by the increased resources to establish offices, finances to cater for recurrent cost of running offices and acquisition of additional staff to run offices and serve the public. The Ministry has already requested the national Treasury for additional funding and approval to hire additional staff. The department has also made proposal for expansion in the Directorate of Immigration and Registration of Persons Strategic Plan. If the plan is funded, we shall be able to increase the number of sub-county registration offices. Thank you."
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