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    "id": 307137,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this piece of legislation. The document is brief and precise and it makes it easy for anybody who will want to make reference to it. It is also good because we have been talking about the new Constitution that we put in place two years ago. This also goes a long way to operationalize one of the articles in the Constitution, that is Article 119. There is also the comfort that the petitioners will feel. The way the schedule is prepared here, has given us a standard format, which is very brief and precise. That will give comfort and is also predictable in the minds of the petitioners, because they will be able to put down in a precise form what they will want to petition about. That is very important because it gives comfort to those who will be doing it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is also important because it is allows, as is indicated here, public participation in Parliamentary and legislative process, which has been lacking in this country. We have been doing things on behalf of those whom we represent but not involving them; this has had very bad effects on some of the issues that we have to deal with. This will also serve the voiceless, that is, those who were not able to be heard will now be heard through such petitions. They will also include those who are marginalized and the less fortunate. They will now have an opportunity through this law to be heard. Therefore, I support and it is also good that we are formalizing the format in which petitions should be done. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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