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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/224586/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. G.G. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "I was in the forefront in the formation of KANU. Those days, KANU was a national political party because Kenyans had a war to fight. They were fighting colonialism and they had to unite to fight it out. For people to unite to gain political power for the sake of taking over Government, that can never, any more, become a national issue. You will never find one national political party that is cohesive enough to take over the Government. That is why KANU is now fragmented into so many political parties. All the 82 political parties in this country come from April 25, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 951 KANU. Can we claim that we have discovered something new that is called a national political party? I think that the philosophy of forming a political party is different from what hon. Members in this House understand. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is as if hon. Members here were orphans waiting for somebody to bring a Bill in this name for them to receive it without thinking. I think it is high time that we became responsible for our own actions. We are told that the purpose of this Bill is to create a framework where registration of political parties will be centralised somewhere. Which political party has not been registered today? All the political parties that have applied for political registration have been registered."
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