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    "id": 690567,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I want your ear on this because it is important. This is very important. I want you to get this. Some years back, KANU was the only party in this country. In Siakago Constituency where you come from, Hon. Nyenze, who is not here today, was the returning officer. You remember how he messed up the KANU nominations and gave the ticket to somebody else and not you. He rigged you out and you know it. You cannot preside over those matters and allow this kind of thing to happen. My case against my party in 2013 was heard at midnight in Milimani Courts. I won my nomination. The party gave the ticket to somebody else and I had to go to court. Instead of campaigning for my voters to vote for me, I was rushing against my party to get my ticket back. Somebody told us this afternoon that we should allow this to happen because some two party officials have decided that this is the best way to go. We are not going back to Form 2A. We are not going back to the old dark days where political party owners called the shots. We cannot allow it. We must allow this country to fester and prosper through political party membership that is neutral, peaceable and voluntary. There is an election going on in the United States of America right now. Bernie Sanders has never belonged to a party in his life until two years ago when he joined the Democratic Party and had a fair chance. Donald Trump just joined the Republican Party last year and had a fair chance. Now he is the party’s candidate. He wanted to join the party. We cannot force individuals to join parties just because you think if there is party hopping, you will lose favour and there will be mayhem and chaos. Political parties must be run independently and democratically, if this country must move forward. I want to talk about campaign financing which was gazetted some two weeks ago. We must allow the IEBC to do its job. I have looked at the Bills that have been prepared. Some of the Bills that are being proposed are merely administrative. How do you talk about procurement The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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