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    "id": 690806,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2469,
        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "It is a sad day because we have put the cart before the horse. We need very strong parties. I am a strong advocate of strong parties that have an ideological base, principles and well-defined rules of engagement. We are developing strong parties out of very weak structures because political parties in our Republic are institutions which, as I have termed before, are personal political parties (PPPs) and family political parties (FPPs). A party should adopt an ideological position that is shared by a population and not a family or an individual. It would have been better for us to allow a few more years for the development of political parties so that they become institutions rather than family institutions or personal property. I am very fond of referring to Karl Marx. Karl Marx writings in the 1850s talked about the need for democratic centralism as the art of subjecting the individual options or positions to the collective will. Although it is a sad day, John Munuve subjects himself to the collective will. It is collective because we all agreed this afternoon to not even change commas in the Bills we passed. I subject myself to that. I will prepare myself along with others to make sure that I play within the rules. ―Hopping‖, ―stepping‖ and ―jumping‖ have been discontinued but, at least, we will be able to do the ―high jump‖ because that is just one move. Hon. Speaker, you must have done history at some point in your life. I am a student of history. Only in history do kings win wars. You hear about King Edward who beat so and so. I congratulate you because of the collective leadership that you have shown this House, along with your Deputy Speaker and your team. You have continued to take care of us. Specifically, I would like to thank you for being the father of the political orphans of this House. Please, allow me to mention just a few. Hon. Chidzuga, Hon. Gideon Mung‘aro, Hon. Joe Mutambu, Hon. Regina Ndambuki, Hon. Ken Obura and yours truly, Hon. John Munuve, who are the political orphans that you have continued to take care of. I pray that you give me a few more minutes because a few of my minutes were lost due to the crying or laughter that was there before. I thank you on behalf of the political orphans of this House. You have continued to take care of us. As time goes on, we should think back on what we have done today. I speak as a representative of the 250,000 great and resilient people of Mwingi North. They should get a Member of Parliament in the next Parliament who they desire and not one who is dictated by—"
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