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    "id": 1186253,
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    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I want to comment on what Hon. Opiyo Wandayi was speaking to. It is extremely important that in this House, we are seen as a House of equity and equitability. This means that there must be a mechanism by which any person and especially you, Hon. Speaker, are able to trace the petitions that are presented to this House without having to depend on the goodwill of the Office of the Clerk or any other office. I suggest that you put in systems where Members can see the petitions so that they do not have to repeat petitions that have been presented here before. On the Petition read by Hon. Atandi, from my understanding, it is a private contract issue. However, the main theme and thrust of his Petition is the failure by the relevant public regulatory authorities to regulate the sector. This is something that has happened in this country many times with insurance companies, banks and now with investment companies. Even as he properly advises his constituents, I urge that you still commit it to the appropriate committee to consider the failure of regulatory authorities. Lastly, I will comment on the Petition to involve alumni associations in universities. You and many of us here went to The University of Nairobi. If we started counting the number of people who have gone through that university, they will rank in their millions. Inherent in that Petition is the assumption that alumni associations are run independently, competently and that they consult us. I do not know which Member here is often consulted by their alumni associations. I think that will be putting an undue burden on the universities. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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