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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion and thank my Chairman, hon. Namwamba for moving the Motion as ably presented. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in supporting this Motion, I wish to highlight to this House that these nominations are being brought as part of the political reform packages that started with the Political Parties Act, which was enacted in 2007. It was made operational in 2008. Among the objectives of the Political Parties Act is to regulate the business of political parties in the country. One of the role in this regard for the Tribunal is to assist in management of disputes in the political parties among members of the political parties. That is Section 6. Also disputes between political parties forming the same coalition and also to deal with appeals arising from the decisions of the Registrar of Political Parties under this Act. So, it means that while we have not appointed this Tribunal, decisions made by the Registrar of Political Parties are not being appealed against. No appeals are being filed with this Tribunal. They are instead being filed in the High Court. There are disputes which have already been filed at the High Court. This contributes more to the backlog in our court system. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are aware of political disputes in this country. Political parties have formed coalitions or entered into arrangements only to end up disagreeing and affecting this country in a very substantial way. For instance, in 2002 we had a Memorandum of Understanding that had been written, was"
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