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    "id": 699386,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "The Makonde people are industrious and artistic people. The best carvings in Africa are from the Makonde people. The Constitution of Kenya enjoins the Government to give the Makonde people and any other people who live in this country citizenship. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Haji has brought the matter to the Floor. As we salute him, I urge the Chair that as a leader in your own right, and the head of this House, to take it up personally and write on behalf of the Senate to the Government of the Republic of Kenya to point out this issue and ask the Government to issue citizenship papers to these people. You can imagine these are people who have been here for up to 80 years. It means their children cannot access our schools at higher levels because if you do not have an identity card, you cannot go to a university even if they are qualified. They cannot get jobs, own land or do anything because they do not have identity cards. This is the height of folly and we urge this House to resolutely resolve that the Makonde people who live in Kenya are Kenyans and must be granted citizenship and all the benefits and rights that go with citizenship."
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