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    "id": 690790,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance. First, I want to thank you and the House for a good work done in relation to the laws that we have passed. This was close to the IPPG of 1997. I want to also thank Members for following the law. You had ruled that it is possible and that the law provides for democracy. Political party discipline is very important. There had to be a method and a law which already exists in our Constitution and in the Political Parties Act and now the elections law so that political parties could follow the law, and that members could be disciplined within the law. If things were just left loose and party- hopping was allowed, then it means political party discipline would be low and political parties would not grow in this country the way they have grown in other democracies. We need political parties based on ideology so that political parties are not based on ethnicities or individuals. I can see the future and it begins with this Parliament. In future, we will have political parties based on ideology. Young Kenyans can learn from us. In future, we could have serious political parties, which is an enhancement of democracy. So, I want to thank you for staying true to the law and being firm. I also thank leaders in the House, Hon. Duale and Hon. Nyenze, for being very firm. A negotiated law is the way forward to peace and free and fair elections in the country. Elections are a matter of life and death in many jurisdictions. It is only fair that the people of Kenya have free and fair elections. The 290 parliamentary seats belong to the people of Kenya. The seat of Makueni belongs to the people of Makueni. The counties belong to the people of those counties. Even Kenya 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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