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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose. I have been a victim of lack of party democracy. But allow me to say that the struggle for multiparty in this country was a bigger struggle than the struggle for internal democracy within the parties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country must make a decision, whether we want to embrace multipartism or we do not want. The difference in parties should be in their policies and manifestoes. That decision needs to be made once because these policies and manifestoes do not change on a daily basis. This Motion seeks to ensure that people hop from their parties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we all have a choice here to remain in our parties until the expiry of the term of this Parliament. That is a very viable option. It is incumbent on members of political parties to enforce internal party democracies within their parties. If we keep on running away from this problem, then it will never be cured. For us to have functional political parties, this problem needs to be addressed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is on this account that I oppose this Motion. I want to go on record that I believe in ODM and I stay in ODM because I believe the policies of the party. I oppose."
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