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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to indicate that this is one of those rules that I find myself between a rock and a hard place. The reason is because as a person who aspires towards enhancing democracy in parties, I would not wish to see a situation where we party-hop and where we do not promote positive ideology in parties. I am really hoping that we have a situation where, as a country, people do not subscribe to parties because of ethnicity, but because of ideologies that those parties espouse. Indeed, if we reach that situation, then we would actually see a situation where violence would end in this country during election time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, however, I have a challenge because we already even have laws that preclude some hon. Members from sitting in the House today because they have been deemed to have moved and yet, they are sitting in this House. So, for me really, what we are doing here is cosmetic. We will pass laws and they will not be followed. I really do not know why we are passing this. That is because even if we pass it or not, nobody will obey it so long as it has to do with us. So, I would want to say that, again, our parties have not learnt to be democratic. That is why you find a situation where hon. Members are not very keen on following the law because of lack of democracy within parties. I would want, therefore, to encourage parties that as we aspire towards the greater good for parties, parties must learn to be democratic. They must learn to respect minorities and women who find difficulties in nomination processes. Otherwise, as a person from human rights background, I beg to abstain."
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