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    "id": 885082,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank the “Duke of Vihiga County,” Sen. Khaniri, for bringing this important Statement to the House. I was just consulting the Senator for Migori County; and even though our sisters from northern Kenya would consider themselves to be the ones with the greatest amount of problems, it is a problem shared by counties that are at the border. Homa Bay County is at the border with Uganda while Migori is at the border with Uganda and Tanzania. We similarly suffer when it comes to this issue of registration. In the past, it has been a ploy to disenfranchise people of certain parts of this country, because without a birth certificate, you cannot be registered as a citizen of this country. In this framework of handshakes and cooperation, I appeal to the national Government that it is no longer criminal to register the people of Nyanza or northern Kenya. This is because we have agreed that we are now all brothers and sisters, capable of eating from the same table. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the past, we were frustrated on birth certificates, national IDs and voters’ cards. This is because that would then shore up the numbers, which would lead to transformation at the national level. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I encourage that as we process this Statement in accordance with your orders – I hope that you commit it to the relevant Committee – we will mark the process of becoming---"
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