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    "id": 624899,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "The national Government has infrastructure up to the grassroots level. In fact, against the letter and spirit of the Constitution, the Government has retained the former Provincial Administration in its full form. I cannot understand what these people are doing. Therefore, why can the Government not deploy them and task them with duties to ensure that IDs reach their owners once they are dispatched from Nairobi? It is also important to understand why the Government has got keen interest in the Office of the Registration of Persons. I am aware that the current Director of National Registration Bureau, Mr. Kimotho is someone who is beyond retirement age. That person has been retained in a job beyond retirement age for reasons we cannot comprehend. This is a vital office that requires transparency and accountability. We need that office to operate transparently in order for Kenyans to have confidence in it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will request you to add me two minutes because you took my time. Kenyans need ID so that they can register as voters. Yesterday, I was going round Kibra Constituency with my colleague, Hon. Ken Okoth and I saw a distinction. The queues for those who wanted to acquire IDs were longer than those who wanted to register as voters. This is because many Kenyans do not have this vital document. I would like to say that they are being disenfranchised deliberately. This is because elections start all the way from registration of voters. If you want to rig elections, you start by manipulating registration of voters. How best can you do it?"
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