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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I thank you for coming in to create sanity. Most of our deliberations here that contribute to our disagreements are more often than not based on ignorance. When you come here, you more often than not create sanity. Yesterday I was very happy as a parliamentarian. I thought we were going to the moon. In fact, on our side, when the President thought that one of our members was capable of being his Cabinet Secretary, we did not object. We thought we wanted something good for all of us as a country. In Singapore, there was a prime minister who was an activist and insisted on constitutional change. In one of the articles of their constitution, they went after the politicians. They provided that anybody who went against what was proposed would be condemned to death, hanged or given life imprisonment. That prime minister is still in Bangkok. It happened that he was the first victim when the new Constitution was occasioned. I know what hon. Duale is trying to do. I agree with you. First of all, it is not procedural to talk about names when you are making law. The law we are making is for the country. It cannot be for Raila or Musalia, although the reality is that we are trying to take care of our retired leaders who were in particular positions. It is only befitting that we deal with it as a House. Hon. Speaker, let me refer you to Article 38 of the Constitution, and how what hon. Duale is trying to say is in ignorance, as I have alluded to. Article 38 talks about political rights and it says: 38 (1) Every citizen is free to make political choices, which include the right— (a) to form, or participate in forming, a political party; 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."
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