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"content": "How can you respect me when I do not have a national identity card and I am harassed by the police? My rights are not respected. They are violated. Once my rights are violated in that manner, that becomes a problem. Human dignity is something that this Constitution talks about very much. If you look at Article 27(3), it is very clear. It reads in Article 27(3):- âWomen and men have the right to equal treatment---â But, currently, the way things are, when one is asking for an identity card, women face discrimination at the grassroots level. The women and men of this country do not get equal treatment when it comes to the provision of services. There is no equal platform for both men and women in this country to participate in political, social and economic affairs of our country. That excludes 52 per cent of the population of this country. When you exclude 52 per cent of the population of this country, then we cannot address our issues. Article 23(4) says:- âThe State shall not discriminate directly or indirectly against any person on any ground, including race, sex, pregnancy, marital status, health status, ethnic or social origin, colour, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, dress, language or birth.â When some hon. Members were contributing here, they said that some people in North Eastern--- The State may not understand whether some people from North Eastern are genuine Kenyans. We are here and we are Kenyans. The people of northern Kenya are Kenyans. When I go for verification at the village level, which is not even required, nobody else should tell me that I am not a Kenyan. A person who lives here in Nairobi and does not know me should not say that I am not a Kenyan just because a machine has rejected my documents which are said to be suspicious. How can a machine be suspicious of an individual who has been vetted throughout from the grassroots to the national level? That is discrimination and it is not allowed. Article 39 gives Freedom of Movement to every Kenyan individual. However, there is a group of individuals who cannot move anywhere. Article 39 tells us that every person has a right to freedom of movement. Every person has a right to come in and move out of Kenya. That freedom is violated in our country, particularly, in northern Kenya. People do not have identity cards to enable them to move anywhere. If you go to labour related issues and look at Article 41 of the Constitution, you will see that every individual has a right to labour related issues and to fair labour practices in the country. Every worker has a right. How can you work if you do not have an identity card that can give you the basic fundamental right? If you do not have that right and an identity card, nobody can employ you. I have documents in my office of young ladies who finished school and were to be employed by banks here. But because they did not have identity cards, they did not get the jobs. They were dismissed. That is why I am saying that creation of jobs is one of the fundamental visions of our Government. If we cannot facilitate those young people, the youth of this country, they will not be employed. Again, that becomes a major problem for this country. When I started talking, I said that the Minister has the capacity. However, we have another challenge. We are asking the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, if he has the intention--- We know he has the capacity. He has opened a registration office in Garissa. We are asking the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and"
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