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    "id": 1135976,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1135976/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "One of the provisions within this Political Parties (Amendment) Bill is to define what a political party is. The Bill defines it as an association of citizens with common ideals that are pursuing a certain agenda. This Bill cures one of the problems we have within our law where political parties are not defined. This is one of the fundamental amendments that we are bringing in this Bill. The Bill also states that Article 260 envisages an association. It does not define whether it is an association of natural persons, legal persons, parties or bodies. Hence, the definition being proposed for debate in this House basically states that a political party – for avoidance of doubt – is an association of citizens with an indefinable ideology or program that is constituted for the purpose of influencing public policy or nominating candidates to contest elections."
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