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    "id": 1021076,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1021076/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "others and bring what they say to the Floor, we must make sure that we do not reduce ourselves to the level of clerks. This principle is very good, but if it is over-stretched, it will stagnate legislation. Going forward, we should define the threshold of public participation. It will always be thrown to us to derail us. It is important to accommodate those who feel they were left out, but they should also know the process of legislation and know the point at which they should come in. I understand that there are those who do not pay attention to what we do as Parliament but later on, come to challenge the process and throw in obstacles. They can also derail us as Members of Parliament. Hon. Speaker, when we had the Bill on Article 100 of the Constitution here, there was a fundamental amendment that was introduced on the Floor of the House. It was introduced at that time by the Leader of the Majority Party, who worked well with the Leader of the Minority party to kill my Bill, a fundamental thing - and he may find himself in the court because that was a thing we had worked on with the public. So, we need to quickly get into terms with these issues. My concern is: If we are not careful, public participation can be used to derail legislation on the Floor of this House. It is important to make sure that we give opportunity to the public to bring in what they have, but within the timelines. Thank you."
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