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    "id": 79044,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 164,
        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to clarify what happened on 26th and 29th of April. The vetting that took place between those days raised a lot of complaints from both the local leaders and members of the public. These complaints reached the headquarters of registration. The local leaders and members of the public claimed that some refugees had been registered during the vetting exercise of between 26th and 29th April, 2010. An investigation team was dispatched from the National Registration Bureau, Nairobi, to Hola to investigate the complaints. The team’s findings were that the dates appearing on the applications and those appearing on the vetting minutes did not tally. In addition to this, the signature appended on the application forms and purported to be the chief’s signature, was disowned by the chief. So, the investigations are still going on, and action will be taken against the officers who will be found to have attempted to assist refugees to register as Kenyans. The forms that were taken to the headquarters, after these complaints were raised and the investigations were undertaken, were returned to the chief of this area so that these people could be re-vetted to find out if they were really Kenyans. We have a duty to register them and give them identity cards. If they are not Kenyans, we will not register them. So, let us wait. I hope that the hon. Member can tell us whether his constituents took this opportunity to go back for re-vetting on 1st and 2nd of November, which was the other day and yesterday but one, so that this matter can be brought to a good conclusion. To pressurize us to register people we are not sure are Kenyans is not good for anybody. To avoid doing our duty of registering genuine Kenyans is also not good for this country, because it is our job to register Kenyans. So, please just check with your constituents whether they took this advantage. If they did not, they can go back for re- vetting."
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