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    "id": 224622,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/224622/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Angwenyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 326,
        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if this Bill is properly enacted to take into account the basic needs of our people, it can emancipate us from poverty, conflicts and make this country a great country. Imagine the day we will have only two or three parties in this country. A party that enjoys its membership from every corner of this country. If such a party takes over the Government, there will be no grumbling. Why are the people grumbling today about the NARC Government? It is because the party is not represented throughout the country. If Ford-People was to take the Presidency and the Government, it will not be in more than four provinces. People would be grumbling in the remaining three provinces. That is all we should address. If a party that is nationally established and its jurisdictions are known takes over the Government, there will be no grumbling anywhere in the country. The party would be represented all over the country. That is what happens in modern democracy. The Labour Party is in every corner of the United Kingdom (UK). The Conservative Party is in every corner of UK. The Liberal Party is in every corner of UK. That is why, when Labour Party takes over the Government, there is no grumbling from any corner of the country. It is represented throughout the country. But this Bill is advocating for sectional parties. From where I come from, even clans culminate into parties. My clan is definitely more than 200 people. So, if they got my clan and Capt. Nakitare's, which is 200, they will be called a party. However, it will be a party of clans. That is what I am talking about! I am saying that we should enact a law that cements Kenyans together. We should enact a law that engenders us to be national. It should be a law that I am proud of in whichever section of this country I am, if I am a member of a party. We want to use public funds for that because they are derived from every corner of this country. When a young lady buys a towel in Tana River, she pays taxes. When a cattle rustler in Samburu sells his cow, he also pays taxes. Even when a Kisii who is a matatu thief sells his"
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