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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Ikolomani knows that I do have a lot of respect for him. I am here to try to attempt to convince him not to oppose this Motion. Of course, he is in contravention of the Speaker's own ruling with regard to what he calls the Grand Opposition. This is because as we speak, and as we all would want to be honest intellectually, there is no grand opposition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is an attempt at forming a grand opposition coalition, including my brother, the Member of Parliament for Chepalungu, who is really exuberant about this issue. I, therefore, want to convince all my honourable colleagues that there is need to adjourn until June 1042 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 14, 2008 10th, 2008. Although there may be Questions, as Dr. Khalwale has said, we, on the other hand, had hoped that by now, we would have discussed some of the crucial Bills. The House has actually done tremendously well. So far, we have actually dispensed, in a record time, with about seven Bills, including one or two, which were referred to their relevant Departmental Committees. So, this House has actually done very well in the first quarter of this year. If you remember, when we got sworn in, the country was at a cross-road. However, today, we are even able to discuss about the possibility of establishment of a grand opposition coalition, or something like that. This is because the country is back to itself, thanks to the dexterity with which Members of Parliament took their responsibilities. Therefore, in order to be able---"
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