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    "content": "sorry, I have just come in late and I was trying to check whether my card is really functional. However, I may not miss something to say reading from what the Senate Minority Leader and Sen. Cheruiyot have spoken about. I was not here and do not have the benefit of having heard what this Petition is all about. However, what I have heard from the two Senators, there is serious opposition to the consideration of this petition by the Committee. I must admit that I am completely ignorant on the contents but I would wish to ask the Speaker to find it necessary because if the petition has found its way to the Floor, it has been read and there is a Committee that is supposed to look at it. If the petition was looked into by the clerks and the Directorate of Legal Services of the Senate and found that it passed the test to have it read before the Senate, I plead with you to find it necessary because some of the cardinal rules of natural justice are that you can never condemn anybody unheard. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason we have the committees of Parliament is to listen to any matter that is brought before this House. However frivolous the petition could be, it will only be necessary for it to be dismissed by the committee that is supposed to look at it. The Committee will be able to inform us more after doing investigations on the thinking behind the petition. After that, we will be able to make a determination or agree with committee on its merits or demerits. However, at this stage, when the petition has just been read before us, I do not find it fair to dismiss it before giving him an opportunity to explain himself. Thank you."
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