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    "id": 624945,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "I withdraw and apologise. I was saying that in the spirit of devolution and ensuring that our people are served, it is important that this issue of IDs is decentralised so that it is administered at the county level. If it is done in Machakos, the people of that county will be the greatest beneficiaries because they will not wait for IDs from Nairobi which serves the entire country. Everywhere in Kenya, IDs are brought to Nairobi for final processing. It is the delay that is caused at the National Registration Bureau that we are saying should be decentralised. Take time and plan it well. We are not saying you do it immediately because it is a process that will take time. Plan it well. Acquire the necessary equipment to do that and employ staff who will be required to work. Decentralise this service so that it does not delay issuance of IDs to our people. This is going to be in line with devolution that we have acquired and we are trying to strengthen as a country. I know some of us do not support devolution for various reasons because some counties have continuously abused the resources that have been taken to the counties. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with improvements as we move on, I am sure the governors who will be elected in the 2017 General Elections will be different from the ones we have now. Therefore, we need to look at these issues holistically in the sense that it is going to benefit our country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker---"
}