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    "id": 933941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/933941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": " Thank you. When it comes to petitions, we have seen some people bring petitions which are frivolous, just for the sake of busybodies coming to waste time. When a petition comes before the relevant committee, that committee has to examine it. Indeed, if it cannot meet the threshold, there is that aspect of it being frivolous. The petition can be dismissed, even at the committee level. This is what happens at the National Assembly and it is cascaded down to the county assemblies. Again, they may visit the site. A petition may be concerning environmental issues most of the time. It may be about a certain factory polluting rivers or it could be about dumping sites. The relevant committee may decide to visit that site. It might be of importance. We have seen this even in courts. Magistrates and judges visit sites. Though he never talked about that, I thought it is something very important to consider when they are looking at the nature of a petition. The Committee is free to decide whether or not to go and visit the site for purposes of collecting evidence."
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