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    "id": 730615,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, this House resumed from a short recess on Tuesday, 14th March, 2017. Since then, we have passed more than 10 Bills, among them the Appropriation Bill, the Equalisation Fund Appropriation Bill, the Prevention of Torture Bill, the Clinical Officers (Training, Registration and Licencing) Bill, the Moveable Properties Bill, the National Coroners Service Bill and the SACCO Societies (Amendment) Bill among many others. We have also dealt with many reports, including and most important, the reports of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on the five election-related regulations, the Report on the Marrakesh Treaty and the vetting of nominee for the appointment of Chief Executive Officer of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF) Board. Finally, this House dealt with the most important function in the Constitution, which is on the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure. This recess is a very unique and important one. It is unique in the sense that for those parties like my party – the Jubilee Party – that believes in free, fair and transparent party primaries, we will go out and give an opportunity to the people of Kenya, more so, our supporters to choose the next set of leaders who will represent us in the general election. For those parties which believe in selling nomination certificates--- I was shocked and I want to repeat it. I saw Sen. Ongoro crying and I have looked for her today. You are talking about enacting a two-thirds gender principle in this House and there are parties that are already chasing women leaders. Sen. Ongoro was with me in the last Parliament. She was a very capable Assistant Minister, but because whatever she was carrying in her bag in terms of resources was not equivalent to what, maybe, her competitor gave out--- Therefore, Kenyans have seen the difference between Jubilee and their competitors. I have a word of advice to our friends in the Wiper Democratic Movement and in FORD (K). Do not follow he footstep of your partner. Secondly, this House passed regulations that say---"
}