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    "id": 641944,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/641944/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njenga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1510,
        "legal_name": "Francis Kigo Njenga",
        "slug": "francis-kigo-njenga"
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    "content": "Recently, we debated a Motion that proposed having a one-off registration number. When you are born, you should obtain a number, which will later be on your school leaving certificates, at Standard Eight and Form Four levels. It goes on to be your degree certificate number and your Personal Identification Number (PIN). It can go on to be anything else. We can follow up on this. If this is done and implemented, it would allow our people to vote. With modern technology, that can be done. That number can be on your death certificate so that you have your own number from the beginning of your life all the way to your death, including the voting process. The other day, Hon. Chris Wamalwa tabled a Motion in which he sought to have the issuance of ID cards decentralised. This Motion is in the same spirit. Identity cards have become an issue. Some of the officials are making a lot of money out of our poor population. If you look at this and the spirit of the Motion we passed, then it is important that the issue of physical identification document should not deter anyone from voting. Sometimes when we vote, there are disputes brought about by small margins. If we increase the population of voters, then such margins might increase. I support this Motion. In fact, it should be our resolution which should be implemented because if such a spirit exists, then it means that it is a general problem. I urge my colleagues to support this Motion."
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