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    "id": 273293,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/273293/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, though the MRC describes itself as a social movement and professes not to be a political party, not a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and not an armed gang, it has embraced some campaign slogans and tactics that compromise its professed character. The slogan “ Pwani Si Kenya ” connotes agitation for secession, which is a direct violation of Articles 3 and 5 of our Constitution and our territorial integrity and the laid down constitutional process of establishing lawful government in Kenya. The campaign by the MRC for coastal people to boycott both voter registration and voting in elections is a violation of Articles 4 and 10 of our Constitution, which establish the Republic of Kenya as a multi-party democratic State founded on our national values and principles, amongst them being patriotism, national unity, participation of the people in their governance and practice of democracy. These calls to boycott elections also contravene the principles of the electoral system under Article 81 of our Constitution, which require that citizens be free to exercise their political rights in free and fair elections, which are free from violence, intimidation, improper influence or corruption."
}