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    "id": 578097,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/578097/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njuki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1372,
        "legal_name": "Onesmus Muthomi Njuki",
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    "content": "My issue is on the way we have been treating Petitions in this House. This is because Standing Order Nos. 225 up to No. 229 is very articulate on what is supposed to happen to a Petition. Your administration went a step further and introduced a Petition Tracker, where we are able to see what is happening to a Petition from time to time, up to implementation. However, the biggest problem has been occurring after the Committee has done a great job, it has a positive implementation plan and there is a recommendation on what the Ministry is going to do. After the Petition is registered by the Clerk we can have up to two years and nothing happens. I will give you a very good example. I have had Petitions in this House; I brought a Petition here that was referred to the Committee on Transport, Public works and Housing. There was a recommendation that bumps should be put in a certain place in Tharaka-Nithi County. It was passed and even the Ministry gave a written notice that it was to be done. Several years down the line, it has not been done. Hon. Speaker, I would like you to make a ruling on what exactly can be done because the implementation Committee does not have a way of forcing the Ministry to implement a Petition. Otherwise, the Petitions just become a Public Relations (PR) exercise in this House. Thank you."
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