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    "id": 880082,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/880082/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wanted to also support that Petition by my colleague. On this issue of petitions, I also wish to seek your guidance because it is true that Members present petitions on behalf of petitioners in this House and it is important that committees carry out the mandate for which they are given on matters petitions. I have in mind a petition that I presented in this House, which I have questioned in the past. This is where petitioners were asking for payment from the Government for something that happened very many years ago. They were victims of school fire tragedy and they requested the National Assembly to assist them so that they can be awarded or be paid as the courts had directed. Unfortunately, when I presented the Petition in the House, when the Report was tabled in this House on 4th of December, the Committee did not address any of the concerns of the petitioners. Their conclusion is that the Committee should invite the Attorney General (AG). That is a conclusion that is being brought to me to present to the petitioners. I do not know whether they were meant to have met the AG before giving a response. One of the other recommendations is that they are asking that I present the Petition in the form of a Question. I just wanted you to guide the House, what happens when we have a petition and the petitioners are not answered by the committees? What recourse do we have? Can we resubmit so that the petition goes back to the relevant committees? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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