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    "id": 60007,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/60007/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. E. I. Mohamed",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 82,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
        "slug": "mohamed-elmi"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to say at this juncture that after the judicial reforms, police reforms and electoral reforms, I believe that party laws and party governance will become the key area that will need reform in future. This is because once we have our judiciary, the police and our electoral laws working then the governance within our parties must work. I do not think that has dawned on our political parties. If we want to get rid of tribalism, as a country, what do we replace it with? Our mechanism in this country for mobilizing so far is around the tribes and clans. However, if we truly believe that we want to be a democratic society that is progressive then we cannot have our cake and eat it. We cannot say that we want to be a democracy and do all the things that bring it down. We must have parties that have ideologies and clear principles that will attract individuals from all walks of life and all the tribes of Kenya. One should stay in the party because he or she believes in the ideology that it stands for. At the moment, people are behaving as if a party is a shirt that you remove when you want and put on another one. If that happens, it will really negate our Constitution because the pillar of democracy is political parties that are strong and are ideology based. If we have such parties they will kill the tribe."
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