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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this very important Bill, but I would like to differ a little bit with the proposals in the Bill. Hon. Eugene Wamalwa, the Minister in charge - and I hope you are listening. I am noticing that in Clause 5, you are saying that: “The Clerk shall, if satisfied that the petition meets the requirements of this Act, forward the petition to the Speaker of the relevant House for tabling in the House.” I want you to consider that the Member of Parliament who was given the petition by whatever group that is petitioning should own the process. Once the Clerk is satisfied that it is in keeping with the Act, then he should give it back to the petitioner so that the Member of Parliament or the Senator can then table it in the House for adoption and so forth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second point I want to make is that you have also told us that this law is for petitioning either House. It is important that you think hard and tell us which matters the public will petition the Senate, and which specific matters the public will petition the National Assembly. That will then help you to cure the problem that you are having in Clause 4."
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