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    "id": 479441,
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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": "action against the Government. We can do anything including going to court, petitioning the Government or moving to the United Nations to intervene in this. It is a very serious crime. It is like silent genocide that is happening. So, just to summarise, we are pleading with the Government and this House to pass this Motion so that all Kenyans including those living in Nyanza, Central, Nairobi and Kibra can be given identity cards. The other day, I talked to my County Commissioners and asked them why they have not been issuing identity cards in the last one year. They told me that they had received orders from above not to open registration centres because of the insecurity problem. They said we have to wait. What insecurity are you talking about? Why do you not transfer all Government officers if they do not want to work? Every time they give excuses and refuse to work. What are we going to do? Thousands of students who completed high school do not have identity cards. You can imagine the number of people who have attained the age of 18 years and above. In other parts of Kenya, identity cards are issued daily. As I conclude, I want to urge the House to support this. I am urging the Government to correct this serious injustice. I would like to invite my colleague, hon. Shidiye to second the Motion. Let me make it clear that my constituency borders Somalia and the refugee camp. Hon. Shidiye’s Lagdera Constituency is the same. We are victims of what happened."
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