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    "id": 631684,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/631684/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 94,
        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I sympathise with the Vice Chair because as you are aware, there is a trend with our chairpersons that whenever we ask questions, they simply get away with it by telling us that they have invited the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs). That is what the hard working Vice Chairperson has said and it is what she said yesterday in respect to another question. Madam Temporary Speaker, we cannot deny that the Somali community in this country is discriminated against when it comes to issuance of ID cards. More importantly is what Sen. Khaniri has said. Discrimination is also affecting those who come from counties perceived to be CORD areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, during the last elections – I made this statement on the Floor – our people applied for ID cards and they were not given until after the elections. Therefore, they could not vote. As we speak now, our people applied for ID cards over three months ago. However, they cannot register as voters because they do not have ID cards. With your permission, I would like the Vice Chair to confirm or deny that the Registrar of Persons was supposed to retire late last year. However, because they want to retain him to continue doing what he has always been doing, his contract is being renewed when he has passed retirement age. Could the Vice Chair tell us why the Registrar of Persons who has passed retirement age cannot retire to allow others who have no briefing for discrimination of the Somalis and the CORD areas take the position?"
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