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    "id": 874130,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/874130/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the distinguished Senator for Kericho County for bringing this important issue. I had also drafted a request for a Statement on the same. Whichever Committee you direct to deal with this matter, should find out and tell this House how a matter as fundamental as violating people’s privacy – including but not limited to taking people’s DNAs in the registration of this process – found its way into the law through a miscellaneous amendment law in the National Assembly and was never brought to this House, when it is a matter that affects counties at its very core because people live in counties. Secondly, the Committee must also tell us and the country whether this new number is a replacement of the identity card as we know it. If it is so, what guarantees do we have that this Government and the successive governments that have been unable to give identity cards to Kenyans is not going to register Kenyans in a different way to give them services that they are promising. Thirdly, and more important, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee should find a way of recommending the discontinuation of the application of that law until it is subjected to public participation, scrutiny and above all, brought to this House to legislate on it. Otherwise, this is a serious violation of the rights of the people of the country. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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