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    "id": 690860,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "This is because I floored several men and he is mince meat before me. I could deal with him in Migori. Hon. Speaker, the law that we have passed today on elections is a two-edged sword. I have heard people say that it is historic and so on. It will be historic when it comes back to bite you. Let us remember, those of us who are speaking on democracy, that this law helps in democracy. However, we should not be selective when we stop party-hopping. We should stop party-hopping at all times so that we do not have people that Hon. A.B. Duale refers to as party- hopping without landing. If you have come to this Parliament through a party, you should stay true to that party until the end. You should not be moving towards different parties. The way we have couched this law is that we are only allowing people towards the end. Intelligent persons know what that really means – Everybody is trying to consolidate their base and push people in one direction. I want to encourage our parties to promote internal party democracy. If we live true to the words of our national anthem--- I am glad that during the summer Olympics in Rio people really celebrated our national anthem. Some people were saying that we do not understand the words of our national anthem. However, it sounds so beautiful and it is because it is a prayer. If only Kenyans could live true to the words of our national anthem, Kenya would be an excellent place. God chose this country as a very special one but we are taking away that rightful place because we made a prayer to God and we are not staying true to it. I encourage Hon. Junet as we go on recess and Hon. Wamunyinyi who is part of our coalition to promote gender equality and equity."
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