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    "id": 1032366,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim",
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    "content": "people of this nation. The only way they can participate in this process is through public participation. Their views should be well considered. Of late we have developed a culture where what is discussed during public participation process is not what is captured in the legislative proposals that are brought here. That is very serious. It can be challenged in a court of law. At the end of the day, the aspect of ownership and sustainability of what we are passing here will not be there. The main reason why public participation is considered is to ensure that the process is owned by Kenyans and it is sustainable. That is why absence of public participation means there is nothing we are doing. The aspect of curtailing freedom of movement of people is very serious. That will cause division, hatred and unnecessary enmity amongst Kenyans. The Member for Kimilili has been working on legislation on public participation process. I wish the proposals could come here soon so that we understand at what level we say that public participation has been well conducted in a given area. At what level were the people’s views considered in a given document? At what magnitude can we say that this population is enough to represent the entire population? Did we consider the different sectors in our public participation process? Did we consider the different sectors in the society, be it youth, women, marginalised groups, people with disabilities and others? I think this is long overdue. We really need to articulate it such that at the end of the day, we are in a position where we can measure if the threshold of public participation has been well conducted. Are we satisfied that Kenyans have participated in this process? Are we satisfied that the aspect of ownership is well inculcated in these people? Are we satisfied that we can say this is a sustainable process? When all this is missing, anybody can challenge it. By the way, a number of legislations have been annulled as a result of lack of proper public participation. So, all those involved in this process must take the aspect of public participation very seriously. They must be considerate of the different sectors of the society. They must consider the different groups and at the end of the day, we will be able to read from the same script. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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