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    "id": 789570,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/789570/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Cheptumo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me give some assurance to this House. Some of us have said this Petition is misplaced, misguided and mischievous. Whatever description you give to this Petition, the truth of the matter is that it is a petition by a Kenyan, brought to this House under the provisions of the Constitution and the laws of this land. Those proceedings are live. It may even be possible that the petitioner is actually listening to us. So, I want to appeal to my colleagues that as we receive those petitions, having gone through the process and the Speaker approving them, let us allow the process that is within our Standing Orders to be concluded. I want to assure the petitioner that we will give him enough time. It may be three minutes, or 10 minutes, but he will be given sufficient time to address the Committee and explain why, in his opinion, he thinks that a person of 70 years and above cannot qualify to be a President of this country. That is his right. I assure the House, as requested by the Leader of the Majority Party and Hon. Mbadi, that we are going to give this petitioner ample time to give his views and we will report back to the House. This should be the way for all petitions so that Kenyans have confidence that this is their House. They can come forward to bring petitions. However mischievous they might be, it is the Committee to make that decision and, indeed, the House. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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