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    "id": 650969,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/650969/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are those that will not meet the threshold but they are very serious. However, there are also a few that will not meet the threshold and we could call them jokers. I can give you an example. Article 91 of the Constitution is about basic requirements for political parties. They are listed from (a) to (h) and that is about eight distinct requirements. If you apply that benchmark to political parties in this country, you might find some that do not live up to the expectations of the Constitution. So, those that do not qualify are not entirely jokers but there could be one or two of the 60 political parties that are set up with a commercial inclination and not with the intention to deepen the democratic space in this country. How I wish one of the thresholds for funding of political parties would be elections. Article 91(1)(b) of the Constitution says that every political party shall have a democratically elected governing body. How many political parties undertake a democratic process to elect their governing bodies? If my memory serves me right, it is only the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) which is a movement that takes care of the poor and the weak in this country that has attempted to conduct grassroots elections. When you look at parties like TNA---"
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