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    "id": 1214727,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Just two minutes. As we do this, we must also reflect on where we are coming from, as a country. In the recent past, we have had to contend with very unfortunate episodes. There is the recent remark by Hon. Gachagua; you know some of these remarks and outbursts have got the effect of eroding the principle of the spirit of constitutionalism in this country. I was just looking at Article 27 of the Constitution, and Hon. TJ, you can help me. Article 27(4), which I wish to read for avoidance of doubt, says that the State shall not discriminate directly or indirectly against any person on any ground, including among others, conscience, belief, age, colour, origin and so on and so forth. If you come out in the open and proclaim that the State is now going to adopt an official policy to discriminate against persons or regions in this country on the basis of how they voted, then what are you calling for? What are you inviting? You are asking Kenyans to start nursing other thoughts, that if I do not subscribe to your political thought and I am not a shareholder in your so-called company, then I must look for ways of finding for myself, including refusing to obey rules, laws and to pay tax. You will be calling for the rule of the jungle. You will be calling for the state of anarchy in the country. That must be condemned strongly by every other Member in this House regardless of our political persuasions. If you find yourself in a position of responsibility, regardless of how you found yourself there, you must ensure that you conduct yourself in a manner that gives honour to that office. You must shun those punitive tendencies regardless of…"
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