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    "id": 1021073,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1021073/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From the contributions of the former Leader of the Majority Party and other Members, I have noted the important issues that have been raised on public participation. However, my concern is that the Report has just been tabled. I appreciate that some people are privy as they might have received complaints from institutions that were not accorded a chance to give their presentations to the Committee. Upon committal of a legislative piece to a Committee, the procedure is that it must go through public participation. When a Report is tabled before the House, it would normally go through the normal procedure. The Report informs Members on the details of the Bill which informs the debate. The Report has just been tabled and I cannot tell whether the public was involved or not. I think it would be important that Members would first go through the Report and later on, debate. Matters would then arise from the contents of the Report. I agree that public participation is one of the requirements for any successful legislation. My concern is how possible it is to know that the public did not participate in a Report that has just been tabled. You need to consider these issues and accord the Report the normal route and other issues can follow. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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