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    "id": 1515502,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "I do not foresee myself leaving this seat any time soon. Hon. Speaker, as you are aware, and as it has been alluded to, there is a court ruling on this matter. It is a ruling of a three-judge bench. A court ruling has only two decisions and there is no third way about it. One is to obey it and secondly, if there is an avenue of appeal, it is exercised. There is no third way about it. Hon. Speaker, what took us, the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition, to court after the elections and after your decision here was for the court to interpret for us the constitutionality of your decision on who is the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of Minority Party in this House. The issue of an arbiter came up, but what took us to court was that we wanted to know the majority coalition. After the elections, we arrived here knowing very well that we were the Majority Party because we had the numbers. But midway, we ended up losing numbers through your Ruling. That is what took us to court to ascertain whether we are the Majority or the Minority. Luckily, the court made its ruling albeit late. We expected this ruling much earlier, but it is better late than never. The decision says that the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition is the Majority Party in Parliament. I happen to be the Leader of the Minority Party. So, today afternoon, I just switched seats and I took over that role of the Leader of the Majority Party."
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