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    "id": 218984,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kituyi",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Trade and Industry",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mukhisa Kituyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to also make my contribution. I seek to support the Motion and express my opinion about some of the main issues raised by my colleagues who are dissenting. There are four issues which have been raised by those who are apposing this Motion. First, that there are parties which are known here as parties that are not being given a chance to be represented. Secondly, that minorities are being pushed. Thirdly, that we are actually involved in an exercise which does not amount to electing of candidates. Lastly, that the GNU is being turned into a voting machine. I want to express my opinion about all the four points that have been raised. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of who are Parliamentary parties was resolved and declared by the Speaker, at a similar ruling on the Floor of this House which is that May 29, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1677 persons entered an election on the basis of certain registered parties and until and unless they sought a mandate from the electorate on another party, they are in Parliament as hon. Members of those parties. In the past we have had cases where parties are together until just before Elections and they split and come as different parties. That happened with FORD coming here as FORD(K) and FORD(P). In a rare event in 2002, we were in different parties and then we sailed together and came as one party. Just like we never disputed that we were different parties inspite of having been together when we split as the FORD family, we are not to dispute the fact that we are one party because we sailed together as different parties to come here as NARC."
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