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    "id": 944886,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/944886/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Cheptumo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Petition to County Assemblies (Procedure) Bill (Senate Bill No. 22 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. The Bill seeks to give effect to Article 37 of our Constitution on the right to present petitions to public authorities and to provide the procedure for the exercise of that right. Unlike the case where any Kenya can petition the House on a matter of concern to that Kenyan for the House to address, we do not have a law governing petition presentation to county assemblies. So, this Bill seeks to introduce the procedure on how Kenyans in the counties and wards can present petitions to the county assemblies. The Bill was introduced in the National Assembly on 6th June 2019 and committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for review and report to the House pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 216(5)(c). The communication that has been given by the Speaker regarding Bills coming from the Senate is that upon receipt of those Bills, committees are supposed to satisfy themselves if indeed proper public participation was undertaken in respect of those Bills. That is pursuant to the provisions of Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution, read together with Standing Order 127(3) of this House. That is on public participation on the Bill, which is mandatory. Under the Constitution, it is no longer optional to go for public participation. We need the public to come forth and give their views on any law that we intend to pass. Therefore, the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs had to satisfy itself if indeed there was exhaustive, appropriate public participation undertaken by the Senate, so that in the event it was not done then it is the business of this Committee to order fresh public participation. Before embarking on public hearings on the Bill, the Committee resolved to study the Report of the Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights on public participation. I wish to report to the House that we observed that the Senate Committee conducted public hearings on the Bill on 17th October 2018 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre and received memoranda from various institutions: the Kenya Law Reform"
}