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    "id": 225883,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 191,
        "legal_name": "Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, while thanking you for that clarification, it is not my intention to join issue with the Chair over that wonderful clarification. Certainly, it is not my intention to criminalize thinking and it is clear to us that those are your thoughts. But we hope that it will not go unnoticed that the party that formed the Government after the 2002 General Election was the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC). As I speak to you now, I am the NARC Member of Parliament for Mwingi North and I believe His Excellency the President is still the NARC Member of Parliament for Othaya. The Chairperson of that party happens to be Mrs. Ngilu, the Member for Kitui Central. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in all fairness, even as you think, you should take that into account. When you address your thoughts to the Leader of Government Business to the exclusion of the Chairperson of the NARC, that does of necessity cause some concern. However, I must congratulate you for taking the initiative and we think that this country should not be the pariah State that it apparently is in the eyes of East Africans because somebody, somewhere has to do something. The fact that the East African Court of Justice made this ruling is a very important matter. We know that it is not possible for the East African Legislative Assembly to pass this year's budget without it being properly constituted. Therefore, I want to call upon the Attorney-General to guide the minds of Kenyans properly. This is because when he goes on to gazette the names without consulting with every stakeholder using the gazette rules that are in contravention of Article 51 of the Treaty establishing the East African Community, we wonder whether he is not misadvising all of us."
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