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    "id": 194870,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Jirongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyrus Khwa Shakhalaga Jirongo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me take this opportunity to support this Motion. This country has witnessed some of the strangest happenings in its history. When we opened the year, this country almost went into a civil war. Today, we have opposing forces who recently formed the Grand Coalition. By coming up with a Grand Opposition, we do not want to oppose the Grand Coalition Government. We want to, first of all, ensure that, that Grand Coalition functions. We want the parties in the Grand Coalition to marry their manifestos and work on the reform agenda that they promised Kenyans. We want the Grand Coalition not to forget what happened yesterday. We have heard Ministers of this Government talk in public as if they are Backbenchers. We do not want a Government that within itself has an Opposition. We want a Government that shall stick together and be responsible to the citizens of this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to urge those in Government to allow this Motion to go through. All hon. Members should support this Motion, so that we embark on the reform agenda and deliver to Kenyans. Saying that this arrangement will be contradicting certain areas of the law like the so-called Muturi issue on political parties, that is a mere statute; it can be changed. Today, we have a law that governs the Grand Coalition that is in conflict with the entire Constitution. But because of the times we are living in, we are allowing it to function for the sake of this country moving forward; for the sake of this country being serious as a multiparty state. We want to urge all hon. Members to support this Motion so that we have a structured Opposition for this country. Thank you."
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