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    "id": 688917,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) T.G. Ali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Tiyah Galgalo Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Petition by Hon. Abbas of Wajir East on acquiring IDs. Acquiring IDs in this country is very difficult. Even after the youth fill in the forms, it takes about eight months for them to get an ID. Most of these children are sometimes arrested because they do not have IDs. Most of the time, the youth from North Eastern Province are associated with Al Shabaab . If they do not have IDs, they get into trouble and many of them stay in cells because they are not able to produce any documentation. Many times, the hurdles with regard to issuance of IDs are unbearable to the women of this country. Many of the fathers of the children born to the women do not even present themselves when they are called to produce their IDs for their sons or daughters. Children from divorced mothers or mothers who are not living with their husbands often have difficulties in getting their fathers to sign for them documents. This is a hurdle that is very difficult to overcome. Obtaining an ID is everyone’s right. We should not put in place a lot of hurdles for our children to get IDs. We should also hear the cries of the women of this country. Sometimes, when we send them out there to help their children, it becomes very difficult because sometimes they do not even live with these children and neither do their fathers. We also help orphans who are not able to produce their parents to get IDs because some of them have never seen their parents since they were born. I strongly support the idea of decentralising issuance of IDs. Having it at national level causes a lot of backlog, even for those who have already filled the forms. It is high time the Government came up with mechanisms of ensuring that we decentralise issuance of IDs for ease of obtaining the same and also for follow up. Most of the time, when forms are taken to Nairobi, they pile up and they are not able to sort them. 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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