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    "id": 680836,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/680836/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "The matter that is raised by the Leader of the Minority Party is serious. It touches on the functions and the composition of the HBC, which you chair. On Tuesday this week, the HBC balloted this Motion. The leadership that is supposed to be in the HBC is automatically the two leaders of the two coalitions. It is Hon. Nyenze and I. The record and the minutes of the HBC will show that Hon. Nyenze has not been attending the HBC. I am ready to table them. He has not been attending the HBC for more than three months now. Just like when the substantive Speaker is absent, the Deputy Speaker takes charge, in his absence, his deputy represents him unless CORD, in Parliamentary Group minutes given to you, has removed Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo as the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party. Hon. Midiwo has been attending the HBC diligently. He signed that Motion as a party sponsored Motion and it was balloted. In fact, our Standing Orders provide that party sponsored Motions are not even balloted. They are given precedence. Hon. Mwadeghu was in that HBC meeting on Tuesday. Hon. Speaker, it is very dishonest, mischievous and against the integrity of the Leader of the Minority Party to come to the Floor of the House and mislead the House when he has not been attending the HBC. He has not been consulting his deputy and the other leadership. You cannot violate the Standing Orders and treat the House as a kiosk. I never served in the KANU Government. That is where Hon. Nyenze served where there were no rules or procedures and people were grabbing land everywhere in Kenya. Big barons were evading paying tax. This matter is very serious. Hon. Nyenze is on the HANSARD saying that he is the leader and that this Motion did not go through the HBC. He has said that it was not signed by the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party. We need to stop the debate now for you to make a ruling to see whether Hon. Nyenze is culpable. He has slept on the job. He is not leading his troops. That is why Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo and Hon. Mwadeghu have taken over the leadership."
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