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    "id": 59877,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/59877/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, the registration of children is compulsory in Kenya and any parent who does not register a child commits an offence. Our parents have taken it easy and yet we want that data. So, we agreed with the Ministry of Education that in order to compel parents to register their children, it should insist that no child is allowed in Standard One before he or she registers. However, the Ministry of Education relaxed it a bit and insisted that it would force only those who would sit for national examinations because it also needed this document to avoid temptation of cheating in exams. So far, it is good that we are asking Kenyans to register their children because if they do so an identity card will be issued easily when they reach the age of 18 years and without anybody asking them any questions. In most cases, parents wait until the registration period and then they mob our offices which have a few officers. They do nothing the whole year but when the exams are near, they are mobbed and they cannot cope. We have now asked the District Commissioners to give us secretaries and clerks from other departments to work together with our people so that we can register those children on time. But my officers are still overwhelmed. On the registration of children, we have the capacity in terms of the materials because we just need the forms and a typewriter. So, we do not have a serious problem on this. However, numbers is the problem."
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