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    "content": "Thank you, Hon Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the debate. For the record, I am a member of United Democratic Movement (UDM). In fact, a senior Member - Deputy Party Leader of UDM. The Constitution guarantees freedom of association and freedom of movement. You can at any one time associate yourself with any party or individual as you so wish. The Constitution is supreme. The Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Alliance has what we call the council where members represent their parties. For the record, UDM is not represented in that council and it is in black and white. If they say that we were part of the Azimio Coalition, our party contested in many counties. One example is in Siaya County which is also the bedrock of Azimio. A member who was a candidate under UDM has been called names, including “ hii ni watu ya Alshabab ”. That is from Azimio. That means we are not part of Azimio. That has been said and it is on record. That shows we are not part and parcel of Azimio. We have moved away from you. Actually, we have run like Murife. It is said “Murife do not run,” but we ran very fast. Standing Order 2B is very clear and I want to remind my former Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Hon. Wandayi, that the Clerk shall obtain certified copy of coalition agreement, not a letter. What we have is a letter by the Registrar of Political Parties, not a certified copy of the coalition agreement. Why is this agreement not seen in public? You have just ruled that in the agreement that was presented to you, some pages are blank. It is very true. We signed a blank paper under duress, under coercion and under threat! You have actually confirmed that what Hon Junet has presented is blank in some pages. That is exactly what was presented to some of the members on 12th March at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). The most important part is that we have freedom of association and freedom of movement. We are no longer part of Azimio la Umoja One-Kenya Coalition Party. I have stated with reasons that they never treated us as one. For instance, they did not include us in the council but treated us as madoadoa during the campaigns as my friend, Hon. Ochieng, has confirmed. Our party UDM has eight Members in the National Assembly and three in the Senate making us strong and we are fully in Kenya Kwanza Coalition, having signed a post-election agreement in broad daylight where all pages were signed in my presence as a senior member of UDM. The agreement we signed at the KICC on 12th March 2022 is not available except for the last page which only had a signature. Therefore, whatever we had signed, as Hon. Junet has presented with some blank pages, is hot air."
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