{"id":636561,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/636561/?format=json","text_counter":338,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. A.B. Duale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":"this with Hon. Ochieng and Hon. Kajuju. Merging and coalition-building are provided for in law. Parties can merge or form coalitions before a general election or have a post-election coalition. We want to make sure that we safeguard democracy. In a merging process, national delegates conferences of the parties involved should be given an opportunity to meet in a place like Kasarani and endorse the merger. That is one thing I support."}