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    "id": 567781,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "We have had a very difficult time in this country. This country has come from a very difficult time when a single political party was everything. You could not do anything unless you belonged to that political party. Limiting the number of political parties is tantamount to going back to the one party dictatorship – a dictatorship which caused untold suffering for many of us, including being detained without trial and being pushed to exile. I would not have a problem with the 40 million Kenyans becoming a walking political party as long as everybody is able to exercise their democracy. We have had a situation in this country where political parties would dictate who you should associate with. My sister, who is seated behind me, was once a victim of such machinations. That is against the current Constitution, which guarantees us freedom of movement and association. How can a political party decide to curtail such rights not at the level of the voter but at the level of an Hon. Member of Parliament? How can you be told that you may not have lunch with certain people or attend a certain function or church? Members of Parliament are elected by people but when they get here, three or four people determine the fate of the 180,000 voters who elected my sister, Hon. Kalekye Chidzuga, who originates from my constituency."
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