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    "id": 1495592,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495592/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "the Public Participation Act. We need to look at Article 1(2) of the Constitution that gives the Kenyan people the opportunity to either -I see my light has not gone up so I have time to read it... It states: “The people may exercise their sovereign power either directly or through their democratically elected representatives.” Perhaps it is too early for me to talk to it, but when we are dealing with the issue of public participation, in good faith, we need to take into account what the public told us, so that it is not an exercise in futility. We need to take into account what the public says. However, we can depart from what the public says, because otherwise then we would have to undertake a referendum. However, under Article 1(2), so long as you still have a situation where we are having representative leadership, then it means that your own people trust that you will do the right thing by them but if they think you cannot do that, then they will send you home when the next election comes. I am pre-empting debate, because when it comes under the public participation law, those are issues that we will canvass. I like to stand on principle and on values. I do not want to be persuaded by what is trending at the time. It is something we need to look at under that Article of the Constitution, that in good faith, we need to hear the members of the public. For instance, on the issue of the Finance Bill 2024, if we had listened to members of the public, we would not have had what we had then. So, in good faith, I am glad you have said that you listened to members of the public on this. Thank you very much for this good Bill."
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