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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. G. G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I say so because this Bill does not address anything new. If I were to advise this House, this Bill ought to have come after serious consultations among members of political parties like we are doing with the constitutional review process. This is just a paper, but it is going to get into the hearts of Kenyans. If we do not look at this matter keenly, we are going to create dictatorships within political parties. What will happen if, say, Maj. Madoka today decided to walk away from KANU? Who are we to interfere with his political decision? What makes us think that we can be the headmasters or headmen of political parties through a monitor called the Registrar of Political Parties? The philosophy of a political party is not that of a religious organisation. A political party is a party of people who have agreed to come together to find a way of changing the situation in a country both politically, economically or administratively. That is what I understand about political parties. Again, a political party must be organised nationally. As we sit here, we deceive ourselves that we have a national political party in the country. I think it is a shame to all of us. We all know that we have regional political parties in this country. However, when we come here, we always want to dramatise as if we have a very important political party in this country."
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