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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I must explain that I did not abuse anybody. I said that the definition looks silly. However, if it offends anybody, I withdraw. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me just come back to what I was saying. How can a Leader of Government Business be a leader of a party? Of course, he can be a leader of party, that is fine. In fact, a leader of a party can be a Leader of Government Business. There is no problem with that. But, definitely, it does not follow that the Leader of Government Business is always the leader of the party. It does not follow and they are not the same. A party leader can be the Leader of Government Business, but it does not mean that a Leader of Government Business must always be a party leader. You know, a \"party leader\" is defined as a person who is recognised by his party as its leader. You may, of course, have to go to the Registrar of Societies and find the party leader or you may come to the House and talk to the parliamentary group and get the party leader. But, definitely, it is not equal to the Leader of Government Business. So, Mr. Speaker, Sir, this cannot stand. It will be embarrassing to this Parliament and to this country when we go to the East African Legislative Assembly with this kind of definition. Then the definition of \"party leader\" goes on. It says, \"the Leader of the Official Opposition.\" Official Opposition is not a party! Official Opposition is Official Opposition and a party is a party! Definitely, you can have a Leader of Official Opposition who is also the leader of KANU. That is fine. But if KANU was to enter into a coalition with another party, it does not always follow that the leader of KANU will also be the leader of that coalition. So, you cannot give us this kind of definition, especially if we want to define the leader of a parliamentary political party. We are opening ourselves to another challenge in the East African Court of Justice one more time. That we will go there and pay lawyers Kshs84 million to argue this very simple thing. Why are we embarrassing ourselves like this and why are we paying for it so heavily?"
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