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    "id": 1033069,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to speak to the three petitions by supporting the one for the forest issue in Marsabit. Ndaragwa has a similar issue and I am sure the Committee, while addressing that issue, they can also jog their memory on the issues of Ndaragwa. I support that Petition. The second one is the issue of Pemba. It is worrying that we still have our own people who are still suffering and cannot even get their marriages recognized in this country. It is a worrying issue. On the third Petition, I have this to say. To me, they speak to the implementation of the Constitution because the Constitution has a clear guideline as to who becomes a Kenyan citizen, if he was not by 2010. I see the role not because I am the Chair of the Constitutional Implementation and Oversight Committee (CIOC), or because of this community, but because we are not sending these petitions to the relevant Ministries which have failed to do what they were supposed to do. My thinking is this: They should be called upon to say why they have failed to implement the Constitution as is provided for. I see quite a bit of those communities falling within that area. We had the issue of Kibra, with the case of Nubians. Those were recognized and I do not understand why others should be struggling. I think the way to look at these issues is to let Kenyans know that there is a place they can bring… They do not need to come. We do not need to bother them by having them protest along the roads. We need to let them know that there is machinery within Parliament. I may not be able to say this again here, not because I am going anywhere, but because I only think it may be useful now. CIOC is supposed to ensure that those aspects of the Constitution that are not being implemented and are not benefitting Kenyans as they were intended by the 2010 Constitution... The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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