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    "id": 1515507,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1515507/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "If I may borrow your words, we want to broaden it, deepen it and tighten it, so that we can have a country that is cohesive. There is no way we are going to have this ‘animal’ in place, but when we want to become the Majority, people look at us with suspicious eyes. How can it be, Hon. Speaker? Members of Parliament are Members of Parliament. They work under Article 95 of the Constitution which has given them the roles of oversight, legislation and representation. We are not going to do our business outside Article 95 of the Constitution. So, I want to allay fears here that the Majority Party in the House must be the ruling party. This ruling is for posterity. In the next elections or the elections in 2032, a Government might come in place where the person who garners the majority votes and is elected as the President, will not have numbers in Parliament. His numbers in Parliament might be less and he becomes a minority. This is the trend we are now setting. Parliament, the Judiciary and the Executive are independent. We have no problem with the Executive doing their work. We know the President of the Republic of Kenya as of today is His Excellency William Samoei Ruto. There is no doubt about that. So, there should be no ambiguity and doubt that the Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly is Hon. Junet Mohamed, the Member for Suna East Constituency."
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