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    "id": 1019251,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the statement by Sen. Halake. I congratulate Sen. Halake for the well-reasoned statement. I support the fact that we should have very robust political parties. I also agree that the big-brothers of political parties should sweep away everything in terms of funding from the Government. There should be a more reasonable mechanism whereby even the top 10 political parties can benefit from Government funding. The smaller parties continue to suffer due to lack of funding. The internal democracies within parties are not transparent, especially for women. There is a lot of political related violence on women every time they want to vie for a political position. The playground is not equal. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in some parties, going through the primaries is as good as winning the ticket to Parliament. I am talking about the women, youth and the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in that process are always disadvantaged. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is because some people have political muscles. Even political parties support people they presume can support the party in one way or the other. Here are people who would have made a lot of difference to the lives of the people who elected them, but they do not get an opportunity. This is because sometimes The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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