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    "id": 506234,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I appreciate your instructions on the issue raised by hon. Ochanda. I think some of us may imagine that the issues raised by hon. Ochanda are theoretical. If you look at the way political parties in this country are behaving lately, you are going to be confronted very soon with very serious issues on interpretation of Article 103(1)(e). Recently, I am aware that the House was asked to deal with the issue of absence for eight consecutive sittings. However, the House has not been asked to look at the interpretation where a Member is deemed to have resigned from a party by conduct. You know, as a lawyer, that “by conduct” can be as wide as anything. I believe very soon you are going to be confronted with this. Therefore, in my humble view, and with all due respect for what you have said, I think what hon. Ochanda has said needs very serious and deep thinking about the provisions of Article 103 of the Constitution and the Political Parties Act in relation to the constitutions of our parties. This is so that you give guidance to the House in the event that a Member of this House is going to be faced with harassment of that nature, since I can see harassment coming our way."
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