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    "id": 204013,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I adopt the arguments by the Attorney-General but I want to correct one thing. During the IPPG, I was the sole representative of the Democratic Party which was my party then, in the committee that did the constitutional and legal amendments. It is not true or correct to state that DP moved the amendment because it feared that its Members would be poached. DP had no such fears. The reason why we brought that amendment, not as DP, but as IPPG, is that we were September 13, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3957 envisaging the creation of a Government of National Unity (GNU). The time was just like now and we could foresee that there may be need for coalition building after the 1997 elections. When we could not put the provision in the Constitution--- At this time, we are agreeable, just like everybody else, that the law should tame Members from migrating from one party to another in order to nurture democracy. The only argument here is where does that clause fall and how should it be couched? Just for the record!"
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