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    "id": 45430,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/45430/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "Mr. Ogindo wanted us to share the experience that we learnt in Zimbabwe. As I mentioned, this was an invitation of party to party. We were invited by the MDC as Members of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). So, I do not know whether our experience will be useful to Members of other political parties. I have already shared it with the ODM and I do not know whether it will be relevant to PNU, Safina, NARC(K) and so on. What we have learnt is that political parties, of course, do compete for space. Therefore, there is need for tolerance. When I was going to Zimbabwe I was very apprehensive. As you know, the President of Zimbabwe, Mr. Robert Mugabe, had declared me a persona non grata earlier on because of the very strong position that I took after their last general elections, but I was told that he wanted to meet me. I said that I had no problem and if he wanted to see me, I would see him. On arrival in Zimbabwe, the President sent the Chief of Staff and Minister for Foreign Affairs to meet me at the airport. I then proceeded with my delegation to State House in Harare. The President was very jovial and he welcomed us in a very civil manner. In fact, he made me sit on the Chair where the former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson had sat when they were talking about averting the unilateral declaration of independence by Mr. Ian Smith."
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