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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Noor",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 375,
        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Equally, I would like to congratulate the Mover of this Motion and thank the Minister. These are special thanks on behalf of the people of North Eastern Province and, in particular, Garissa County. In the spirit of the new Constitution and inclusiveness, the Minister has facilitated and put up an office in Garissa. The office is giving services to people in terms of acquiring passports. This has given an opportunity to people to apply and in two days, they have the document. That service is in Garissa. That is what we expect from the Minister because we know he has the ability, capacity and we know that he can do it. That is what we are asking him to do. We are trying to help him to address these particular issues. We are telling him that the Constitution gives us express mandate for every person to be given a service. Look at the section on Values and Principles of Governance in our Constitution. I will read:- “One of our values is inclusiveness, participation, human dignity and non- discrimination.” How can you have inclusiveness in a process in the Government if you are not able to participate? If you do not have a national identity card, you will not participate. You will not be inclusive in any process in this country, be it socio-economical, cultural and political affairs of this country. So, if only we follow the values that we have given ourselves as a country, then we have an obligation. The Ministry has an obligation to give an identity card to every Kenyan. Look at Article 12. It says that every citizen is entitled to a Kenyan passport and any document of registration or identification by the State. The State has the obligation to give everybody a national identity card, passport and any other document that they require. The Minister has that responsibility because the identity card, the passport and the death certificates fall under his docket. If you look at the Bill of Rights, you will see that it is very fundamental. It is expanded and has given us all the freedoms that one can get. If you look at the Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 19(3)(a) says:- “The rights and fundamental freedoms in the Bill of Rights belong to each individual and are not granted by the State.” That means that every person has the fundamental right to acquire all that he or she requires. An identity card is a fundamental right. The State is supposed to facilitate the process so that when I am looking for something, I can produce my identity card that reads Sophia Abdi. If you look at Article 21(i), it reads:- “It is a fundamental duty of the State and every Start organ to observe, respect, protect, promote and fulfill the rights and fundamental freedoms in the Bill of Rights.”"
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