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    "id": 479268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ominga asked whether the local people should be given first priority. I agree with him that local people should be given the first priority and we will convey these sentiments to the Cabinet Secretary, but we should also integrate as requested by Hon. Njagagua; we will not entrench clanism and nepotism. We will integrate and make sure that, at least, there is a local person from the particular sub-county to be given priority, but they should also work together with other Kenyans. We will not expect hostilities from communities in that region. This being a national function and not a county function, we expect most Kenyans to be integrated in that area. That answers the question raised by Hon. Kombe, that we need local people to distinguish the regions. He said that his son’s ID reflects Lamu, Magarini and Malindi. That is a misnomer and that child, when it comes to employment, can actually be disadvantaged; that requires that we have some locals who know those regions. So I agree with him that that is a priority. On the issue raised by hon. Gichigi of staffing, we try to get some money to the National Registration Bureau and the Department of Immigration but this year we had a lot of problems getting funds. If the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee were here, we would--- We took some time to request some money for these two areas but we still have a problem; when funds become available, that will be given priority. On the issue of fuel raised by hon. Manoti, this is critical because even personally I have had to intervene through the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) for those people to get IDs. We will insist, as a Committee, that fuel must be availed to those officers instead of them relying on charity, or CDF offices to execute what they are supposed to be doing. We will take action. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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