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    "id": 924068,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/924068/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "elections, aimed at suppressing the independence of Parliament, Hon. Kenneth Matiba was the first person to resign as Minister in Kenya African National Union (KANU). That was a bold move although he was a personal friend to the President. In May, 1990, the following year, together with Charles Rubia, the former Mayor of Nairobi, he held a press conference to demand for multiparty democracy. These were the first people who stood strongly. They were detained for two years without trial at the Kamiti Maximum Prison because they had committed treason. While there he was denied medication. He fell sick and nobody attended to him. This led him to get a stroke that paralyzed half his body, and he became disabled eventually. It is because of this struggle that Section 2A of the Constitution was repealed, to return Kenya into a multiparty democracy. Kenneth Matiba paid this heavy price through his health. Soon after joining politics, there were disagreements within the FORD-Kenya party, which he formed together with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and others. He went The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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