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    "id": 477726,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/477726/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "I agree with the amendment to the Political Parties Act because if you look at some of the amendments there, they are meant to remove the role of the Prime Minister, which is non-existent. We do not have a Prime Minister. Initially, for you to hire the Register of the Political Parties, you needed the concurrence of the Prime Minister. That is now not needed. I expected an amendment to help sort out the mess as hon. Gumbo put it, on this indiscipline in our political parties system. If you look at the Constitution on the setting up of the republic, it says very clearly that Kenya shall be a multi-party democracy. So, if we are a multi-party democracy, we need to respect the principles and policies of our political parties. No one forced me to join the ODM. I joined the ODM as a matter of choice. If I wanted to be in another party, I should quit the ODM and go to another party. But sometimes and it is very interesting, you can even hold a party position as big as Chief Whip and you do not believe in that party. How do you whip people to vote in a particular way which you do not believe in? So, we need to respect the political parties’ structure in this country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}