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    "id": 334472,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/334472/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. With all due respect to my good and eloquent speaker, hon. Bonny Khalwale, is he really in order to try to misrepresent the intention of this Bill? I think he is talking out of ignorance quite frankly. What I am seeking to do is to bring to the attention of hon. Members that “registered members” in this law does not mean registered members of a political party only. It means registered members with the Registrar of Political Parties. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we are trying to say is that the Registrar of Political Parties has no capacity. ODM has six million members, but only 165,000 are showing at the Registrar of Political Parties not because the Registrar of Political Parties is bad and we are not trying to impute improper motives as hon. Khalwale seems to be suggesting. All we are saying is that that office is not the envisaged one. This law was passed with the idea that the office shall be funded and independent of the IEBC or it does not have the capacity---"
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