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    "id": 790715,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rindikiri",
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        "legal_name": "Mugambi Murwithania Rindikiri",
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    "content": "constituency to the other it is approximately 180 kilometres. We border Isiolo, so I understand what Mhe. Rehema is going through. It is the right of every child born in Kenya to have a birth certificate. Therefore, the Government should not make it difficult for our children to get birth certificates. I commend the Government for starting the Huduma Centers but, unfortunately, one of the services that were omitted at the Huduma Centers, which cover almost 35 counties, is the issuance of birth certificates. Why is the Government not sensitive to the needs of our children? It is ironical that the Government does not take care of that poor parent who is forced to walk long distances and also spend a lot of money in order to obtain a birth certificate. This document is a right to every child and the Government should issue it immediately or within six months. How many parents can afford the hustle of obtaining a birth certificate considering their circumstances? Hon. Wangari has made a very passionate appeal for registration at the constituency level. We need this service at the grassroots. It is true that there are issues that have to do with the risk of registering foreigners but, honestly, it is not every part of this country which has that danger. Despite that, it is upon the Government to know its people. I doubt whether the Government of Kenya knows its people well enough. So, it is crucial that we have registration in every constituency. This will make it easier for the parent and the child. I am looking at that orphan left to the care of the grandmother and poor villagers. Instead of the Government making it easier for that child, it is making it difficult. As I said, my constituency is highly cosmopolitan and yet a parent is told to go to Kisumu because that is where he or she comes from. People are being told to go back to where they came from so that they can register for a birth certificate. What country are we living in?"
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