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    "id": 130003,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/130003/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 47,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
        "slug": "mutula-kilonzo"
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    "content": "It will be recalled that Act No.10 of 2007 is the Political Parties Act of 2007. That Act was passed by this House and assented to by the President on 22nd October, 2007. Under Section 1A of the Constitution of this country, Kenya is a multiparty democratic State. It is because of the recognition of that section that this House, in its wisdom, resolved to pass the Political Parties Act for the first time in the history of the country. Political parties are, therefore, an integral part of our democracy. They are the tools, vehicles and items that this country uses for its democratization. It would be recalled that until this law came into force on 1st July, 2008, political parties had been registered under the Societies Act since 1969. During that period, political parties went through an enormously bad history by which even to get a party registered was extremely difficult. I will always remember when in order to get the registration certificate for the ODM party, I together with Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o and Mr. Kajwang’ had to climb the gates at the Attorney-General’s Office and go and knock at his door to get a certificate of registration. Even when we did so, we did not succeed because the Attorney-General had locked his"
}