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    "id": 783527,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/783527/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I am drafting a Bill on public participation because the Constitution talks about it in Article 118. We do not have a Bill to provide a framework on public participation and yet it is very critical. We must have the Bill so that when we talk of public participation we do not miss its gist. According to me, public participation is very critical so that wananchi or their representations in different professional bodies can be incorporated when it comes to legislation. I am also concerned about Narok and Makueni counties just as Hon. Mbadi. From here, when you do a radius, Makueni and Narok are between 50 kilometres and 60 kilometres away. We talk about Konza City which is in Makueni. Considering that radius, I do not know what the basis was for coming up with the other metropolis, say, Murang’a, which is after Thika. In fact, that radius should qualify Makueni and Narok to be part and parcel of the Nairobi Metropolitan. Nairobi is a capital City which handles everybody in Kenya, including those of us from the Rift Valley and Western Kenya. We have a say in this City because the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Nairobi contributes almost 60 per cent of the entire GDP of this country. It is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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