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    "id": 491786,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/491786/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Order! Order! Let me start with the last one. Obviously, you were not following; he says that he has not gone anywhere else. I hereby confirm that the issues in respect to which the petition is made are not pending before any court of law; or constitutional or legal body. But I guess your point is that you feel that, that is where they should go. Unfortunately, the right to petition Parliament is in Article 119(1) of the Constitution, which states that:- “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including to enact, amend or repeal any legislation. On the issue raised by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Standing Order No.226 addresses the whole issue of petitions. That is where I would have allowed you to comment on this. This was just a presentation which was going the way suggested by Sen. Obure. If you look at the form of petition at Standing Order No. 223(k), which states:- “A petition shall be on the form set out in the Third Schedule and shall- (k) not have any letters, affidavits or other documents annexed to it.” This is a professional matter. Sen. Billow also raised the issue as to whether it is applicable to all. I will ask the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights to look"
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