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    "id": 487819,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/487819/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr) Pukose",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1458,
        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "A large number of people was not able to participate in the last general election, because they did not have identity cards. More often than not you will find that officers who participate in issuing of identity cards do not have motor vehicles to be able to reach areas which they are supposed to reach. They are not well equipped to be able to deliver key services. These are the areas that need to be looked into. We purchase vehicles for police officers; I think even the officers who participate in issuing of identity cards need to be facilitated; they need motor vehicles to reach remote areas and issue identity cards. At times people who are in charge prefer places like Nairobi where an officer maybe able to walk to an identity cards issuing centre; When you go to remote areas like Endebbes, Wajir and other places where you travel several kilometers for you to reach a centre where identity cards are issued--- Officers need to be facilitated with motor vehicles and allowances, so that they can reach these areas and issue identity cards without any difficulty. The biggest challenge to the issuance of identity cards at the chiefs’ and assistant chiefs’ camps is that they demand bribes from people who issue identity cards. These are matters that we need to look into. Occasionally we talk of bribery at the police road blocks, but we never look at bribery where Kenyans have to bribe to get their national identity cards. Other areas which we need to look at is the even the security of this country. Aliens should not be able to get identity cards and end up causing insecurity. The issue of terrorism, which we face as a country--- People talk of insecurity while others talk of terrorism. What we face is actually terrorism. It should just be classified as terrorism. We have aliens from a neighboring country, Somalia, and from other failed states; we should be very careful when we are issuing identity cards, so that these people do not get identity cards and cause insecurity in our country. Problems that hinder issuance of identity cards should be looked into; we should be able to have proper vetting and make sure that all those who are given identity cards are Kenyans, who have the right to serve this country and engage in meaningful and gainful activities."
}