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    "id": 1515558,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1515558/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
    },
    "content": "guides us on how we run our affairs as a country. Under the laws on coalition making that we passed in this House, it is presumed that there will be coalitions where some people will leave while others will join. Therefore, it is presupposed that in any term of Parliament, one side will be the minority today while tomorrow, it will be the majority. This is because it is a moving target. As to who the majority and minority are, it is not cast in stone. Therefore, the finding by the court that the decision on who the majority and minority in the National Assembly as was decided on 8th August 2022 is wrong. I disagree with it because if, today, Ford Kenya and the Amani National Congress (ANC), that was, left Kenya Kwanza and joined Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party, the latter will have more Members than the remaining United Democratic Alliance (UDA). In that regard, Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party will be the Majority Party. You will be called upon, as the Speaker, to make that decision and you will decide as such. So, I disagree with the judges’ findings that the decision on which is the majority and minority party was made once. It can never be made once. It depends on the facts of the day in this House. For example, if tomorrow…"
}