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    "id": 1094862,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2065,
        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the chance. I take this opportunity to thank Hon. Florence Mutua for coming up with this Amendment Bill. After elections, and depending on how the party has performed, we will then be given slots. If we are more than 10, 20 or 30, then they will give you a slot. The party will then sit down and look at the shortfalls of the requirements in the party. Maybe, those who have gone through do not have a lawyer, somebody technical or something like that. That is the time for the party to sit and look at those who have contributed to the party. The party leadership will look at the contributions individuals have made to the party in terms of finances and mobilization. They will then decide that Mr. X or Mrs. X will come in, depending on availability of slots. I am a ranking Member, having started contesting years back. I lost three times. At one time, during party primaries, I defeated a Minister I do not want to name. I was then called by the party leadership and requested to forfeit my chance to the Minister because he had been contributing to the party and doing many things for the party. I was promised something else. That is the reality on the ground. It is what the party has come up with. The party knows there is certain shortage, like when they do not have somebody to do PR. So, one can be nominated to help the party do whatever can be done. Secondly, how many people? It is not that you will nominate everybody. You may contest on a FORD-K ticket and lose to a Jubilee candidate. How is this person? What is his ability in terms of putting the party together for continuity? It is not something that we want to argue over and over again. However, all we are saying is---"
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