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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Peter Kihungi",
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    "content": "(Kangema, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Amendment by the Committee. There has been an outcry in Parliament mostly from petitioners whose petitions have been lying at the Public Petitions Committee. This is a wise way where the Committee in charge can assist the Public Petitions Committee by managing the petitions which are brought to determine whether they meet the threshold. By doing this, we will be able to keep the timelines. It is clearly set that the petitioner should be communicated to within 15 days. If we do not have another way of managing the public and seeing how we can offload some of the works that are in the hands of the Public Petitions Committee, we might find ourselves in areas where the general public might feel we are not able to deliver. Therefore, it is extremely important that the Committee determines if a petition meets the threshold by having a format that is easy and well defined for a petitioner to fill all the information that is needed as well as to communicate to the petitioner in time on changes that are required on the petition. Some petitioners do not do their homework. They bring a one-page petition without details. There must be a wider distribution where the petition can be looked at to see if it meets the threshold, the petitioner is kept informed and he is advised on what he should do. If the petitioner fails to work within the timeline, the petition can be done away with. When serious petitioners are advised, they will comply. Therefore, this is one of the ways that the Committee is working to deliver on petitions. The Public Petitions Committee has been encountering a lot of hurdles in handling some petitions which are not well drafted. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support."
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