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    "id": 641946,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/641946/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 3036,
        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this Motion brought by my good friend, Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi. Identity cards are important documents in this country. Every citizen has a right to be registered. This document gives you access to many services. Without it, you cannot open a bank account or register as a voter. There are so many young Kenyans who have been denied access to this important document simply because the personnel and the Government functionaries have put a lot of hurdles in their way. For instance, communities from the border communities are so disadvantaged because they are asked for a lot of information before they are issued with IDs. The President, the Deputy President and the Cabinet Secretary of Interior and Coordination of National Government have directed that every Kenyan must get an ID in a place where he or she stays. Recently during the voter registration, there were so many Kenyans who are holders of these acknowledgement slips but were not allowed to register as voters because they did not have IDs yet the serial numbers on the acknowledgment slips are the same serial numbers that will appear on the IDs. I do not know why we cannot use these acknowledgement slips to register and access services that will enable Kenyans earn a living. When we look at this, we do not know why successive Governments have not been able to break the barrier that is on the way of these young Kenyans. We have had cases of Kenyans being denied IDs. As the first speaker said, they are using this as a cash cow because people are asked to pay some money to get IDs. When IDs are ready, nobody is informed. It should be published in newspapers so that those who applied for IDs go to collect them. I do not know why we do not make ID acquisition instant instead of being given an acknowledgement slip. It will be better and will save time because sometimes people travel long distances to apply for IDs and it takes long to get them. If we do the necessary and agree that IDs should be issued on the spot, then we will save many things. As Kenyans, we should not treat fellow citizens as second hand citizens. This is what is happening and chiefs are now behaving as though they are the law unto themselves. They are harassing Kenyans and sometimes demand---"
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