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    "id": 1374229,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "are. I hope they will continue to be discussed so that we improve them and have elections that will be beyond the purity of Caesar’s wife. I also saw the issues of political parties discussed, particularly, when it comes to political party hoping. There are principles of democracy. In advanced democracies, such as our mother Parliament in Britain, when there is a whip and you are de-whipped, you cannot vote on the side that is not from the party in which you were elected on. It is a very serious issue. You can even lose your seat. Here, we take this lightly and let people jump from one party to another very easily. The issue of jumping from one party to another and voting at will is addressed here. I hope that discipline in political parties will be improved by these recommendations. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also express my satisfaction with the address of creating positions. Positions of the Leader of Opposition and also the Chief Cabinet Secretary. You know sometimes, you need to improve on the management of Government. However, we also need to improve on the checks and balances in terms of the opposition. I support the creation of that position. I also support the issue of improvement in political parties funding. On the management of the political parties funding, apart from the improvement on the management, there should also be improved disbursement of funds to political parties."
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