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    "id": 325287,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/325287/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chachu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this amendment. Freedom of association is a fundamental right in the Constitution. Political parties are only different by names; there are no ideologies that set them apart. That is a fact! The problem that this particular amendment is trying to heal is to ensure that Members of Parliament and other civic leaders will have the right to associate with any party of their choice. With time, of course, we will have that maturity and democracy in our political parties to ensure that there is party discipline. I think that our Constitution and the Political Parties Act will go a long way in ensuring that in the long run. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with the kind of parties that we have which, in effect, are hardly democratic, there is no reason to tie the hands of Members of Parliament which they are not willing to contest for a seat on come next election. There are no ideologies---"
}