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    "id": 1086106,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1086106/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order 225(2) (b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition, other than those presented by a Member. Further, Article 119 of the Constitution provides for the right of any person to petition Parliament, to consider any matter within its authority, including petitioning the House to enact, amend or repeal any legislation. In this regard Hon. Members, I wish to report to the House that my office has received a petition from one Mwaura S. Mungai of P.O. Box 1391 Limuru, calling for amendment of the Sports Act, 2013 in order to streamline coordination of quality physical activities, physical education, fitness, recreation and sports. The petitioner introduces himself as a fitness therapist and avers that Kenya’s rapid socio- economic growth has led to its high prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and bodily injuries occasioned by poor lifestyles and aggravated by drugs and substance abuse. He states that 15 per cent of Kenyans are dangerously inactive, and quotes a Ministry of Health report which discloses that non-communicable diseases account for 37 per cent of the overall disease burden and 35 per cent of all deaths in the country. He further asserts that rising morbidity and mortality rates that are aggravated by exposure to environmental, occupational and biological risk factors require urgent intervention aimed at reducing the strain of medical expenditure on the economy. Consequently"
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