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    "id": 1109207,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1109207/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, unfortunately the way Article 119 is framed it gives that blanket right to Kenyans to Petition Parliament on any matter. Sometimes, if you go to other countries like the United Kingdom and the United States of America, people send Petitions to Parliament on things that sound trivial. Someone will send a Petition that the neighbour is rearing a dog that is not fit to be in that neighbourhood and this makes it a big problem. Before the enactment of this Constitution, we had an Act of Parliament called the Petition to Parliament Procedure Act. When it was repealed with the enactment of the new Constitution some of those provisions found their way in the Standing Orders of the Senate and the National Assembly. Not too long ago, Sen. Pareno, attempted to come up with legislation ‘the Petition to County Assembly Procedure Bill’. I am not sure where it ended. The views of Sen. Cheruiyot and Sen. (Dr.) Ali could be captured in those Bills so that we define a threshold. This country has invested in the Commission on Administrative Justice, where we have an Ombudsman . It is to the Ombudsman that"
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