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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I speak, a study done by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights says between the time you register for this card, and the time you get it, should not take more than 30 days. That is what the Government tells Kenyans when they register. However, in some cases, it has taken two years. I know, for a fact, that a place like Wajir, it takes more than five years. There were girls who married and now they have six children, but they do not have national identity cards. It is very obvious that the Government is overwhelmed with this. Today, 80 per cent of those who register in Wajir, Garissa, Mandera, Ijaraa and in Northern part of Kenya, are rejected. Why? They travel over a distance of 1,000 kilometres. These forms are collected together. In the process, even the photographs change because of the distance. When they register in Nairobi, the first thing they do is to reject the photograph and say that it is not right. It takes six months or even a year before even than form that was rejected finds its way back to the station where initially it was registered. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are suggesting this because the Constitution now allows it. Article 174(h) facilitates the decentralization of State organs. It is already given. When we approve this Motion, essentially, we are saying that it is way in the course of implementing the Constitution. So that within the next six months before the next general election, these matters are decentralized and Kenyans can apply for"
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