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    "id": 479431,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Diriye",
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        "legal_name": "Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed",
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    "content": "must be checked and those who do not have identity cards cannot be allowed to pass. What does this Government of Kenya want, honestly speaking? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the situation became worse after the Westgate attack. After this attack, it seems the Government’s official policy is now to discriminate against Somalis. If you have a name similar to those found among Somalis, Arabic speaking people or Muslims you must be treated differently from the rest. Our people have applied for passports and they are lying here in Nyayo House. Their applications are not even processed. I am unable to deliver on my role as a Member of Parliament because every time my constituents are harassed there. I have to go to Nyayo House and plead with the officers there that I know this and that person. You see, I am not like my friend Neto who is not tormented daily. I have to go to Nyayo House every week twice or thrice to plead for my constituents. I have to say that I know them or write letters for them. Can you imagine? I am discriminated against because I am not treated like other Members of Parliament here. It is very serious."
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