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    "id": 220181,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/220181/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 166,
        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
        "slug": "martha-karua"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is wrong with the definition of a party leader? What is wrong with calling a party leader--- Defining him in Parliament as Leader of Official Opposition, Leader of Government Business and leader of any party entitled to nominate? Let us be very clear and honest with ourselves. The party organs outside Parliament are not the same or identical to party organs within Parliament. In Parliament, the recognised institutions or organs of the party are the Party Parliamentary Group (PPG), which has a leader and a whip. On the Government Benches, the party leader is automatically the Leader of Government Business. On the Opposition Benches, the first among equals is the Leader of Official Opposition. Then, there is mention of a party leader of any other party that is entitled to nominate. Parliament does not know a secretary-general or a chairperson of a party. Whenever Parliament has business to be transacted by hon. Members, it goes to the organs of parties within Parliament. That is the PPG. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we know the path that we have travelled, so that we are re-doing the Rules at this time. Did any party, or NARC as a party, ever call for a PPG meeting to determine these issues? These are the issues we are going through. The Rules are intended to protect every party that is entitled to nominate. It will be required to call its entire parliamentary group to endorse the decision of who is to be nominated."
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