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    "id": 1015776,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, this National Assembly, it has been said many times, has become a rubber stamp of the Executive. That everything that has been pushed to us by the Executive get passed with the least of questions. That is the reason we have approved people before who do not have the qualifications. We even try to fill up their CVs, so that we can approve what the Executive has said. But this Report shows that we have an independent National Assembly. Probably, that is why the advisory by the Chief Justice was issued because they are afraid that if we have an independent Parliament, they are not going to push things the way they would like them pushed in this country. Look at the issues that we were debating today. Whether it is about the welfare of Miraa farmers in Igembe or that road or electricity that needs to be fixed in a particular village in Molo, those issues are debated here objectively and proper decisions made. As I wind up, Hon. Speaker, the new Registrar of Political Parties will have a big act in bringing sense into our political parties. We need to have political parties that are disciplined but allow divergent views. What we have are political parties that are run as personal property. That is against the spirit of the Constitution. The spirit of having multi-party democracy. Multi-party democracy set that we should have a right to give a different opinion that will be respected, and not being punished… 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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