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    "id": 479562,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Otuoma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Nyongesa Otuoma",
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    "content": "Thank you Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am almost through. That is because we cannot belabor the point that anybody who has gone through all sorts of schools in this country; anybody who has been born in this country and you have been identified and your parents are known, it should be your basic right to be given an ID and not be subjected to further questioning. I agreed with the amendment but we also know for some of us who come from the border areas that there is fluidity of movement of Kenyans like myself between Kenya and Uganda. We really move a lot. We even have people who have got families across the border. I know part of this has been cured by passing that we can now be dual citizens and also free movement of people within the East African Community. But I was just looking at the issue in North Eastern and I have been saying that many of those people go to register as refugees either to get some access to go to foreign countries or to be given food or privileges that come through being a refugee. But how do you have a country where somebody feels that it is more honorable to be a refugee than a Kenyan? We need to look at some of those issues that make those people feel that they can be refugees and not Kenyans, so that we can address the underlying issues that make them do that. But I agreed with the amendment knowing very well that by registering as a refugee---"
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