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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations for that answer. Indeed, we appreciate the commitment by the Government to issue birth certificates immediately a child is born at the hospital level. But the reason that they need additional resources for them to issue certificates is a strange one. This is because marriage certificates are issued on the wedding day by the priest, who is not paid by the Government. Why can the doctor who delivers the baby not also be required to sign birth certificate as an agent of the Attorney General or Registrar General, without any additional resources? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, regarding the second issue of registration of those not born in hospitals being decentralized to the sub-county level, I think that we could further decentralize it, because the Constitution requires decentralization to go to the lowest level possible. We now have officers at the ward level known as ward administrators. We also have the Deputy County Commissioners. Why can we not decentralize this service to the ward level, because those officers are there? Indeed, having ceded most of the powers to the devolved system, most of the Government officers at the ward and sub-county level are idle. Why do we need additional 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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