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    "id": 1203324,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me first start by saying that we have started in the right direction. Why do I say so? You have allowed Members to ventilate on this matter. It comes out very clearly that you want to benefit from opinions or contributions by Members from across the political divide. Hon. Speaker, there are certain things that are not in contention. One, that both Kenya Kwanza Coalition and Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition are not in dispute on who should lead the two Coalitions. There is just one letter which came from Kenya Kwanza Coalition nominating Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah as the Leader; Hon. Owen Baya as the Deputy; Hon. Osoro as the Whip; and my great sister as the Deputy Whip. From the Azimio side, there is no dispute. The Leader is Hon. James Opiyo Wandayi. He is deputised by Hon. Mbui. The Majority Whip is Hon. Junet Mohammed, who will be deputised by Hon. Sabina Chege. So, that matter is settled. Both sides are clear on who should lead them. So, the issue of minutes which are appended or attached and copies to be provided or submitted to the House rests there. If there is contention as to who has been nominated by either side, then we would be discussing whether there are minutes, addendums or whatever it is. Having settled that, Hon. Speaker, the contention in this House is which side is the majority. That is where we see the argument from Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah and his team; and Hon. Opiyo Wandayi and his team. The Constitution is not ambiguous. Article 108 of the Constitution talks about the Leader of the Majority Party being the Leader of a party or coalition of parties which has the majority membership in this House. Since it is clear, then what is not clear? What is being disputed here is which coalition has the majority membership. I have heard the arguments that we passed a law in this House that has created or caused chaos. Nothing can be further from the truth. Let us accept the legal framework that we have. We might have been used to the old framework. However, what we, as a House, created was where we can have a political party with corporate membership. Therefore, it is a coalition political party and coalition of political parties. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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