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    "id": 334471,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/334471/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want a situation whereby we shall move our country to what is obtaining in Europe specifically Britain and Germany where political parties have a meaning. I want to appeal to hon. Members, to let members of a political party decide for themselves who they want to be a candidate at whatever level. Hon. Midiwo, I wonder whether it is because of what has happened in the recent past that you are becoming jittery. Is it because that some of the political parties you thought were not as active are starting to record significant gains in the registration of members than the ones you thought? I want to use this opportunity, indeed, to congratulate hon. Members who appreciate UDF. Last week, it was said TNA was leading in registration followed by ODM. URP was followed by UDF in that order. I want to congratulate those members. They have membership. They have a reason they have the passion to join, but they also told us that even as they are compliant, there are only three parties which as of last week could present a presidential candidate under the new Constitution. It was established that UDF is the one which is leading by compliance in 32 counties followed by TNA in 29 counties and then followed by ODM in 27 counties. The other parties like URP had only 15 counties and Wiper Democratic Party had only 13 counties. That means had even hon. Kalonzo Musyoka jumped ship and decided to ride on the Prime Minister’s back, he would not have been able to be presented as a presidential candidate. Hon. Uhuru would not have qualified to be presented as a presidential candidate. So, we must congratulate those members. They are moving the country into the right direction. If we encourage our people to do the hard things that is the only way we can organize ourselves so that---"
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