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    "id": 883736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is anything that this House has not done well, it is in the handling of petitions. I want to suggest to you that, administratively, when you commit a petition to a committee to report back in 60 days, you do what courts do because this is a quasi-judicial sitting. In 50 days, you should set a mention date so that the Clerks-at-the-Table can put those petitions on the Order Paper for the Chairpersons of the Committees to give a commitment to the House. If they have difficulties, they can explain. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have had petitions that have been in committees for six months and sometimes even one year. It completely defeats the purpose of wananchi who have got full confidence in this House and by-pass going to any other organ for resolution of their disputes and frustrations and come to this House. For instance, with regard to the petition that you read to us, those members who have petitioned could have very well gone to the NLC or the court. However, it shows that they have more confidence in this House than those two other institutions, and that is why they have come here. Therefore, if six months down the line we will not have done anything, we will start looking just as bad as the other institutions."
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