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    "id": 31535,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/31535/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Eseli",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the issue of coalitions is, really, one of parliamentary systems of government. Right now, we are in a presidential system of government. So, the issue of coalitions does not hold as much water as before. Moreover, we should not live like ostriches by burying our heads in the sand. The issue of coalitions is a recipe for unstable government. This has been proven before with the NARC Government. It has been proven even with the current Grand Coalition Government. It is actually a recipe for unstable governments. Are we, as Parliament, justified to legislate for Kenya to continue having unstable governments based on coalitions of a few individuals who do not have similar ideologies, but who end up forming a coalition just for the purpose of winning an election and ending up with an unstable government? This is something in respect of which we have to search our souls deeply. Let us not do it for the elections of 2012. This is not about the 2012 general election. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, in a presidential system, once one wins the presidential election, one selects one’s Cabinet from outside Parliament. Perhaps the only area we can have something to talk about is in the provision for mergers of political parties. In the next amendments, we are going to talk about mergers. However, I believe that pre-election coalitions should not be for now. We should, instead, be enacting a law for the posterity of Kenya."
}