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    "id": 1135984,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1135984/?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": "I want to state that if a small party like the Party of Development and Reforms (PDR) was not given coalition housing by Jubilee, there would be no UDA today. PDR as a small party was housed by a bigger party and it was able to produce a bigger party. All these amendments have been brought in to ensure that we clean up the mess we never cleaned since 2011. The courts have told us that we need to clean up so that political parties can be properly defined in terms of coalition of parties, the sharing of money and, most importantly, how we participate in our nominations. We should not have a situation where one party goes to influence the results of another political party at the nominations to get the weakest candidate. Only members of a certain political party will be able to participate. We have had cases where the worst candidates have been produced because a political party that has an interest in an area goes and influences the results of that party by basically supporting the weakest candidate. Hon. Members, I wish to ask that you look at this Bill from a positive perspective in terms of how it enriches democracy. If you find that there are some areas that require amendments, let us reason together and bring those amendments. Let us harmonise them so that we can give the people of Kenya a Political Party Act that will withstand the test of time now and into the future. I could go on and on, but I do not want to go through some…"
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