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    "id": 1380216,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I thank you. I could see your dilemma when the matter on the Public Petitions Committee was brought up last week. The complaints might be many, but we have to understand that it is Parliament in its own wisdom that decided that we shall form the Public Petitions Committee. Those are our colleagues. The situation is not about the inability of the Members to process, but the heavy workload that is there. My view would be that you recommend to the Chair of the Public Petitions Committee to go through the raft of all the pending petitions, and see which ones can be taken up by the specific substantive committees and refer them. For instance, there is a petition that came to you about the Robotics Bill that is raising a lot of attention in the sector. It has been sitting at the Public Petitions Committee since last year. Hon. Speaker, if possible, you could advise the Public Petitions Committee to refer the petitions to substantive committees. In doing so, we would be reducing the workload and the blame. We would ultimately do exactly what we needed to do with this Public Petitions Committee and refer technical matters to their specific and substantial committees. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker."
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