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    "id": 642015,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/642015/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Akujah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2138,
        "legal_name": "Protus Ewesit Akujah",
        "slug": "protus-ewesit-akujah"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, every Kenyan has a constitutional and democratic right to have an identity card. Therefore, nobody in this country who has attained the age of 18 should be denied an identity card. As most Members said, there should be timelines within which people should receive their identity cards once they apply. I know a number of students who have cleared fourth form and are supposed to proceed to university but they cannot access loans from the HELB because they do not have identity cards. An identity card is a very important document. Without an identity card, one cannot engage in any transaction in this country, be it Mpesa, opening a bank account, accessing Uwezo Fund or any other financial transaction. Issuance of voter’s card with serialized waiting cards is also an issue which needs to be looked at. This is because not all details in the waiting card will be in the identity card. We need to improve the details that need to be in the waiting card so that one can use it to vote, otherwise some people could use it as a loophole to scandalize the whole voting exercise. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, since this is a centralized exercise, applicants in counties that are far from Nairobi take a long time to receive their identity cards. In fact, for the forms to get to Nairobi from counties in the North Rift, it takes three weeks since they are delivered through the Postal Corporation. Upon reaching Nairobi, there will be a queue from the neighbouring counties. In the process, it will take about four months for applicants to get their identity cards. This is a tedious process which discourages people. In my area, there are people who have about five waiting cards because once they get tired of waiting, they seek fresh registration. They keep doing that until the system rejects them because they appear to have more than one card. 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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