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    "id": 625058,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/625058/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1007,
        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
        "slug": "christine-oduor-ombaka"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to highlight the importance of an ID first by saying that it makes you a Kenyan. People know that you are a Kenyan. Without an ID, you are stateless and nobody can tell whether you are a Kenyan or not. Therefore, it is a very important document that every Kenyan must own. However, there are challenges in terms of gender issues. The women of this country, including myself, have had a huge challenge in getting IDs. Up to now, I am using my passport because it is easier to get it as my colleague earlier stated. I got my passport in two days. To get an ID takes one year. There is that difference. We need to fast- track the issuance of IDs. The reason there is apathy is because of these challenges. It takes so long. Money passes from one hand to the other and people wait for so long that nobody wants to get an ID any more. There is a lot of frustration in the processing of IDs. Even dead people need IDs when there is mass murder, so that individual bodies can be identified for burial. That is the extent to which an ID is important. I agree with the suggestion that issuance of IDs must commence at secondary schools. These are the young people who need IDs. They are the ones who encounter challenges when they get out of school and apply for IDs. We should, therefore, issue them with IDs before they complete high school, so that by the time they complete Form Four, they can proceed to college or get employed."
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