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    "id": 218934,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a lawyer the hon. Member knows that there is a situation called de jure and another one known as de facto . I am talking about a de facto situation. In this debate there are no restrictions in stating the facts as they are. In the results of the 2002 general election, the LDP section of that coalition got 62 hon. 1672 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 29, 2007 Members and the NAK side got 64 hon. Members. When added to the other nominated hon. Members, this gave us a total of 132 hon. Members. The 132 hon. Members give the NARC, as a political party, the five Members. Without the LDP section, the NARC will not be entitled to five Members. Therefore, it is very important that the LDP gets its fair share. It is unreasonable to use the numbers of the LDP to claim the five slots, and at the same time proceed to appropriate all of them. They are very greedy! The English say that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. But, for record purposes, we want to make it clear that, we, as the LDP, are fully entitled to our share. But we are not receiving that fair share. As a result of this---"
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