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    "id": 1019266,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I had flagged in to talk to this Statement. Since we started the Centre for Multiparty Democracy - Kenya (CMD), Sen. Halake is the first lady to chair this organization. I congratulated her when she was elected. My party is a very active member of CMD. My national chairperson is one of your Vice Chairpersons; Mr. Amuma Ruhu from Tana River County. The CMD does an excellent job. What I would want to encourage CMD to do is not to fall into the path of being bullied by the bigger parties who think that they own the democratic space in the country. They want to subjugate everybody to bend to their whims. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Halake has all it takes to take this CMD to greater heights. I encourage her that in her tenure, she should address a few things. One is to engineer legislation that would streamline the process of internal democracy within parties, particularly at the time of nomination of candidates and persons who go to Houses of Parliament and county assemblies. It is important and, I think my brother, Sen. Poghisio would agree with me that nominations to positions, post-election, should be rewards for hard work. There is a 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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