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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "First of all, I would like to start by echoing what my other colleagues have said about our statements as leaders. When you are put in a position of leadership in this country, you are required to weigh what you say in public. What you say goes a long way in either reconciling the public or polarizing them. When I hear our colleagues talk, I realize that they have forgotten what we have gone through. People are talking of leaving the coalition. Others are saying: “Break the coalition”. Others are saying: “Yes, go ahead and break it because we are ready for elections”. The question I am asking myself is: Are we really ready for elections? The truth is that this country is not ready for elections. This country does not even have an electoral body. This country has no constituencies as we speak. I know many people have spoken about 210 constituencies, but I will tell you that according to the Constitution, we have zero constituencies. That is the reality because the Constitution is very categorical that this country must have 290 constituencies. Therefore, as we speak, we do not know which constituency we belong to. So, if you are telling people that you are going for an election, which constituency are you ready to go and defend your seat in? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us face facts. We do not even have systems of a devolved government, which is now an integral part of our political system and the Constitution cannot be amended. Let us be responsible. Let us nurture this “baby”. We may be very uncomfortable with the Grand Coalition Government, but fate has put us where we are. We have to live with it until the next general election. Let us put structures in place."
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