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    "id": 282062,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Labour",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 196,
        "legal_name": "Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also just wanted to add my voice in support of this Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you listened to the last two hon. Members, they spoke very cunningly. They allege that we have had so many realignments or parties coming together. We should be very careful because that is what caused the problems in 2006. This is very clear. Once you have said that it is the political parties that will bring in people, let it be political parties. I have just talked to hon. ole Metito and he said that in case we fail to agree on the political party nominees, the House will decide. I think that is where we will cause a crisis. If the House is going to decide on the nominees that political parties have to appoint, that is where we will cause a crisis again, just the way we did last time. As much as we condemn the incidents of 2006, where as a Member of NARC Coalition, we were sidelined--- Hon. Tuju and hon. Mwakwere were the ones who were nominating for us and they were not even party leaders. It was very shameful and this caused the Government lots of taxpayers’ money. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to emphasize again on party discipline. People should be courageous enough. Once you have left ODM, move with all your goods. There is no point again now that we are going to have nominees for EALA that you start claiming that you are also a Member of ODM party and want to be considered and heard, yet you have said that you have already moved out of the party. Let people be men enough. Once you have moved, move with all your goods and be a member of your new party. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to urge our party, ODM, to be democratic and transparent in its nomination. It has been accused of dictatorship and this time it should be considerate of the minorities; the marginalized, women and youth. This is because most of the appointments that have been coming from either PNU or ODM have been against the interest of minorities, marginalized, women and youth. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support"
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