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    "id": 909374,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/909374/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Section 34 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act (No. 34 of 2016) which is about variation of boundaries and/or revocation of forests, provides an opportunity for any person to petition the National Assembly or the Senate for variation of boundaries of public forests or revocation of a registration of public forest or portion of a public forest. This particular Motion is a very basic one. Under normal circumstances and specifically under Section 227(2) of our Standing Orders, once petitions are committed to committees, they are, within 60 days, supposed to bring reports to the House and, therefore, dispense with particular petitions. In the issue of forests, knowing the extent of interest in forest matters, it would be prudent that they be given sufficient time particularly for purposes of public participation. Public participation has been enshrined in our Constitution and for every Bills that are supposed to be made Acts, there is requirement that there should be public participation. Public participation takes a long time. There should be need for sufficient notices and so forth. Members of the public must also be given sufficient opportunity to ventilate on particular issues that are brought before them. What we are seeking to achieve is to get the public to participate in this very critical area of our legislations. So, when petitions are brought by the public to the National Assembly, they should be given sufficient time for each interested party to have a say on them."
}