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    "id": 479575,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/479575/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lomunokol",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mark Lomunokol",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I support the Motion as amended because the issue of security in this country is paramount. We must be alive to the fact that us, as lawmakers, we need to make laws that enhance security. We should support our security agents by making laws that enable them to work effectively. I also want to concur with the Mover of the Motion on discrimination. This is evident in Pokot County where we have Somalis living as residents. They get discriminated in terms of the issuance of identity cards. I represent a constituency that became part of Kenya in 1971 and has witnessed discrimination and marginalization. As I speak, a number of elderly persons in my constituency are not eligible to the funds for the elderly people simple because they do not possess the Kenya National ID card. Those are Kenyans. This happened because of marginalization and discrimination. The population of Kacheliba Constituency, according to the 1999 Census is 156,000, but the constituency can hardly raise 30,000 voters. This is simply because the largest part of the population is not registered as voters because they cannot access identity cards. 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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