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    "id": 1139795,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1139795/?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": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Let me start by wishing Members a happy New Year. I stand to oppose the amendments proposed by Hon. Duale for a very simple reason. In Clause 8(a), we are admitting and accepting that the issue of coalition parties is here to stay, and nobody is objecting that. When political parties form any other coalition within the other framework apart from dealing with a political party, there is a timeline that they must submit their coalition agreement within three months - if it is a pre-election coalition, a post-electoral coalition or if it is within 21 days. For a political party which is different from the general coalition, we also need to have a timeline. A political coalition party agreement must also be submitted for the general information of the public, voters and members so that everyone knows what is contained within this coalition to avoid surprises coming out. This is something that is consistent with what we must do with every coalition. So, by deleting this provision in Clause 8(b) as proposed by Hon. Duale, it means political parties will form a coalition party, but without any responsibility to lodge that agreement with the registrar. That agreement, 1(a) (b) is in some office somewhere and the public would never get to know. It is a mischievous thing; and hence, we must defeat it and allow the issue of the political parties in this era of transparency, which some people do not believe in, to ensure every agreement that is entered into by a political party is officially lodged with the registrar of political parties so that every Kenyan can know what is in that agreement. We must, therefore, oppose any deletion through that provision."
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