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    "id": 1203734,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "I want Sen. Omogeni to go back, if given a chance, to inform this House on what basis he is objecting Sen. Ali Roba’s membership on the majority side. Is it because Sen. Ali Roba--- Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it because Sen. Ali Roba belongs to a coalition with Sen. Omogeni’s party called Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). What coalition is that? I belaboured this point here and I said some people would come back here crying. The next question you ask yourself is that there is no single Member here elected on Azimio Coalition Party. When we passed this legislation in this Chamber, we were told that we wanted to create a new entity - which most of us opposed then – that was going to be called Azimio Coalition Party. That party would be a standalone party to compete with ODM, Wiper, United Democratic Alliance (UDA), Pan African Alliance (PAA) and United Democratic Movement (UDM). So, when a Member comes to this Chamber to say that Sen. Ali Roba is a Member of a Parliamentary Party---. I assume the argument being made here is that he is a Member of a Parliamentary Party whose majority should be reflected according to Article 190(f) on the side he is going to seek. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I argue that, one; for this purpose, Sen. Ali Roba does not belong to any other party except UDM. Senator Ali Roba and UDM do not belong to any coalition of parties to warrant a debate as to which side they should belong. . However, rightfully and to the best of my knowledge, there is a post-election coalition agreement signed by UDM to be part and parcel of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition. The Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot will inform this House accordingly. Kenya Kwanza composes of this side of the Coalition. Sen. Ali Roba does not belong to any other Coalition and by right, sits on this side."
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