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    "id": 1113133,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1113133/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim",
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    "content": "This is a House where justice is observed. We must be fair. Mistakes have happened. Now that mistakes have happened, shall we continue with the mistakes made or should we stop at a certain position and ask ourselves whether it is not the right time to correct those mistakes? We should not be creating dangerous precedents where a petitioner can make an amendment to a magnitude that changes the entire Report. Under Article 119, I appreciate that any person has the right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority but we must put safeguards in place to ensure that parliamentary reports are not mutilated to a level where we cause confusion and conflict – where we become war makers rather than law makers. Hon. Speaker, this is a very difficult moment. It is a moment for you to go back to the drawing board. It is a moment for you to make a decision that will save lives. It is a moment for you to create a precedent where Members cannot mutilate a Report of a Departmental Committee to any level they want. In the event that you put the Question to Members and we make a decision today, we will be creating a very dangerous precedent that will haunt all of us. It may be bitter but we must swallow the bitter pill. We must go back to the drawing board and make a decision that will save lives and the livelihoods of the people of Marsabit County. I submit, Hon. Speaker."
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