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    "id": 1203494,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1203494/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to thank the people of Kilifi North for re-electing me. From the outset, before we amended the law on political parties, there was sufficient law for the Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya Alliance to be a coalition. They did not need to change the Constitution to form themselves into a coalition political party. Now that the chickens have come home to roost, they want to come back and say that they are a coalition. They are a coalition political party, but they do not have membership here. Hon. Speaker, first rule that there is no Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya Coalition. Secondly, Article 259 of the Constitution talks about good governance. When you have a President who runs the Executive, the party that is not in Government runs the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). We have heard arguments between Mbadi and Babu Owino about who will be the chair of PIC and PAC. In essence, they are preparing themselves to sit in the minority side because that is the one that will check Government. Now, we cannot have the team that says…"
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