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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
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"content": " Proceed."
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"speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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"content": " Having two dominant political parties, as we are now experiencing in Europe and our Continent, is a problem. It is a problem because it leaves no alternatives. It allows fascists and far-right parties to thrive. That is what is happening in the UK and the USA. That is also what has happened in other jurisdictions, including France. People have lost faith in the two dominant political parties, yet there is no exit pathway. We should even have 100 political parties. In fact, our Constitution contemplates that. There is no limit to political parties, like there can be no limit to independent candidates. In this Continent, where we have dominant political parties, especially those that claim to be liberation political parties, there is less democracy and economic mismanagement. You do not have to go far, just look around. Look at the african countries where the independent parties have remained dominant, democracy is not thriving, there is no economic prosperity; oligarchy and kleptocracy are the order of the day. We must open the door and let Kenyans have as many political parties as they want. There is no reason to restrict them. Thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
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"content": " Are you on a point of order? Go ahead, Hon. George Peter Kaluma."
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"speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": " I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I needed to contribute before Hon. Caroli Omondi recedes from the House. Article 4(2) of the Constitution says, among other things, in the first line that Kenya is a multi-party democratic state."
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"content": "(Technical hitch)"
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Please give him the microphone."
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"speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": " Our democracy is founded on multi- partyism so that the pathway created for independent candidates is an exception, not the primary constitutional rule—an exception that Kenyans should exit were they to make considerations of amending the Constitution. It is intended to allow people who have run in political parties to have a second bite at the electoral process after losing. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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"content": "The ideal situation is that we should be a multi-party democratic state as per Article 4. Remember, the other provisions come later in the Constitution."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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"content": " What is multipartism in your interpretation? Is the United States of America a multiparty system?"
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