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    "id": 690737,
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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": "Hon. Speaker, the die is cast; no more party hopping. You are either with the parties that want to establish serious democracies or you go through the route that the Constitution has provided of an independent candidate. Nobody is forcing a Member of Parliament or any political contestant to join ODM, Jubilee or FORD-K. Nobody is infringing on anybody‘s Bill of Rights. Nobody has put a gun on anybody‘s head. The Constitution is so robust. In fact, it provides two routes. You either come to this House through a political party or as an independent candidate. If you decide to join ODM, you must live by the rules of ODM. You must be guided by the structure and the leadership of ODM. If you decide to join us in our merger--- We are going to have a convention starting next week on Monday. Those who are not happy with ODM are welcome to Jubilee. Those who are unhappy with Jubilee can go to ODM or CORD. Those who are orphans can choose to run as independent candidates. Those who are still hopping and they have not landed and they are not in the House today knows themselves. We want to send a message to them this evening: You can still hop. You will never land. A law has been passed in this House that disallows you from landing. So, you cannot land now. Hon. Speaker, it is a good day. We must set the record straight. We are going to build strong political parties. Let us all agree that we are the practitioners in all these political parties. Therefore, let us make sure that there are proper, transparent, accountable and peaceful party nominations. We must demand from our party colleagues and the leadership of political parties that never again shall people sell certificates. We must state that never again shall somebody go to somebody‘s wife to look for a certificate. Never again shall you give a certificate to your boyfriend or girlfriend. Finally, let me say that I am loyal to my party leadership. There is no doubt about that. I am loyal to President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is the leader of the Jubilee Party. There is nothing wrong if you are loyal to Hon. Raila Odinga. If you do not want to be loyal to those leaders, you 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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