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    "id": 944912,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/944912/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 438,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
        "slug": "jeremiah-kioni"
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    "content": ". It is not where the Bill that was before the county assemblies was focusing on. There are actual areas where we can actually, as provided under Article 201 and ably quoted by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, address ourselves and reduce the cost of doing things and implementing this Constitution. If we do not do that, we will continue talking about a huge expense. I want to commend the Committee for finding it necessary to address themselves to that issue and giving leadership by showing us the way forward. When a given group has gone for public participation when formulating a Bill and you have a role to play in that process, you do not need to reinvent the wheel. You do not need to go back and talk to the same people. If we are not careful, this constitutional provision of public participation will introduce fatigue to Kenyans. When we ask for public participation, we will look like chiefs’ baraza . Today, it is very difficult for a chief to call a meeting and people attend because they are tired of the very old way of going to a chief’s"
}