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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Identification numbers are a legal requirement in our laws. The words there should be “identification card numbers” instead of “identification numbers”. What are these numbers? Are they of a school or an institution? We should do that during the Committee Stage. I think I have talked about Clause 3(l) and I will now move to 3(m) which states that- “In the case of a petition presented by a member of a county assembly on behalf of a petitioner, be countersigned by the member presenting it.” I mentioned about Clause 4 where paragraph (b) provides that a petition to a county assembly can be presented by a member of the county assembly on behalf of a petitioner, with the consent of the Speaker, which is the way to go and I agree with that. An MCA can present a petition although when the matter is being heard by the committee, that petitioner can be called to give evidence. So, something requires to be straightened up there with the consent of the Speaker. In the form of a petition, there should be a place where the MCA who presented a petition on behalf of a petitioner should sign. I also suggest that we should have on that form a place where the Speaker should sign to show approval which is a requirement under this Act. You may have noticed that what happens is that you may have a Motion and somebody just appends a signature and you do not know which is which to show that it has been approved. The whole document becomes messy on the first page. You could find the Speaker, the Clerk and somebody in an office somewhere having approved. The document becomes messy with different pens and different colours of ink. Since we have a petition form, we might as well need to have a place for their signatures at the relevant times. I think I have seen it happen in one or two laws. When you have a petition form in English--- I hope that Sen. Pareno---"
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