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    "id": 1126154,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1126154/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I hereby report to the Senate that a Petition has been submitted through, the Clerk, by Mr. Daniel Waturu, a resident of Kinamba, Laikipia County concerning radio frequency interference of Sawanga FM by Sidai FM. As you are aware, Article 119(1) of the Constitution states that- “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation. Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in the Petition are- (1) That, Sawanga FM is a community radio station operated by the residents of Kinamba, Ngarua sub-division in Laikipia County. The objective of the station is to broadcast to the residents of Kinamba in local languages on matters pertaining to development, education, farming, pastoralism, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), cattle rustling and encouraging the community to live peacefully. (2) That, in the year 2015, Sawanga FM was assigned the frequency 99.0 MHZ by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK). It started to broadcast on 16th September, 2019 in Kiswahili, Kikuyu, Kalenjin and Turkana languages while observing all legal regulatory requirements as stipulated by CAK. (3) That, in March, 2019, Sidai FM, a commercial radio station located in Narok County, installed a powerful transmitter close to Sawanga FM station and started broadcasting using the frequency 99.0 MHZ which had been assigned to Sawanga FM."
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