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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mureithi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 89,
        "legal_name": "Erastus Kihara Mureithi",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this very important document that has streamlined the way members of the public will be able now to forward their petitions to this House. In the past, it has been difficult for Members of Parliament who are not lawyers to craft and draft petitions for their members. But this now has streamlined that aspect in terms of members of the public having the window to come and present their petitions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, however, there are a number of issues that we must look at, and one of them is the feedback to the petitioner. If you look at Clause 6 – just like hon. Khalwale said - there should also be an aspect of the feedback to the petitioner, so that when they bring their petition here, either it does not meet the threshold as stipulated in this new law or it needs extra input, so that they can also be able to come back. Otherwise, if we do not do that, then they will feel very frustrated and probably the objective of which this law is being created may not be met. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second aspect which I would like to raise is civic education. The majority of people in rural and urban centres view this House with a lot of respect and, probably, they may not manage to know how to forward it to the Clerk. I think when the subsidiary legislation is done on the regulations on how to implement this, various contact addresses should be given so that members of the public will be able to know how they will send their petitions to this House. I would also like to say that, as far as we are concerned, this is a very well documented piece of legislation and I am sure our people now have a way of reaching this House without fear. They will be able to know that the new Constitution has given them freedom to interact with this House. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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