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    "id": 625080,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/625080/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Muluvi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1959,
        "legal_name": "Marcus Mutua Muluvi",
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    "content": "Yes, I support the Motion as amended. I do not want to repeat what has been said, but I have three issues to address. One of the issues is that of delays from Nairobi where IDs are produced before they get back to the sub-counties. One of the major challenges has been corruption. If you have Kshs100,000 today, you can go to Nyayo House and by the end of today, if not tomorrow, you will have an ID or a passport. We must, as a nation, address the problem of corruption in the issuance of IDs and passports. It has to be how we want it to be. For example, towards the 2013 General Election, between 2010 and 2012, and I am talking about Kitui County, people who had applied for IDs did not get them until the elections were over sometimes in April or May 2103. What made that delay? That is the more reason I am saying the Jubilee Government has been very categorical that if you are 60 years, you must pack and go. As I talk, a Mr. Kumutho, who was in charge of registration of persons has retired, but has been recalled from retirement to come and facilitate registration of persons. In my view, it is being done in bad faith because this is not a technical office. Deputies can take over the office. I want to challenge the Government. Why do you recall somebody who has gone home to come and oversee a process? For the IEBC to be seen by Kenyans to be independent, then even the process of issuing IDs and passports, which is tied to voter registration, must be transparent. These are very important documents. So, corruption must be addressed. Even if the service is going to be decentralised to the counties, which I support entirely, for us to get into the 2017 elections, corruption must be addressed. That is why there is a low turnout of Kenyans The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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