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    "id": 1279451,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1279451/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "The examples we saw in the history of Africa are that whenever we tried coalition governments, they failed and were a disaster. A case study is South Sudan, where we have Riek Machar and others. It never worked for us. Go back into the history of Kwame Nkrumah. Try even the Zimbabwean case of Hon. Mugabe. It did not work. Therefore, elections are important. Go there, and fix the electoral system clearly so that we respect winners each time we have one. Let them be the ones to take government and rule going forward. I want to speak on the issues of coalition governments, especially the handshake. Did you know Kenya’s debt was only Ksh1.9 trillion by 2013 when H. E. Hon. Mwai Kibaki left? Did you know that it was only Ksh4 trillion in 2017? It spiraled to about Ksh9 trillion when we had the handshake government between 2017 and 2022. That was 95 per cent debt stock. That is where we are now. We need to have a government that respects its power. I wish you well. I support this Motion. Go and do good work for Kenyans. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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