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    "id": 973906,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/973906/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish the Leader of the Majority Party and the Chairman could give me time. First, at times those of us who have experience in managing political parties understand some of these issues better. Let us not over-supervise political parties. Each political party has its constitution on how to do nominations and prepare party lists and submit to the IEBC. If a political party does not follow the provisions of its constitution, then definitely the IEBC will not accept the lists. Let us also understand that a political party is a club. You join it when you want and you leave when you want. If you feel that a political party is not treating you well, you have the liberty and the option to leave. Finally, the reason I oppose this amendment, let us not be obsessed with this idea of boards and committees. In fact, ODM has a committee we set in place to do nominations and prepare the party list and give it to us. The problems we encountered were not from the one man you are talking about but from some of the membership of the people we gave that responsibility. So, the process is as good as the people you put in charge; it is as good as the leadership of that party. I will tell you: parties mature. As we speak, ODM has reached a point that, even if you were to fault the Members we nominated to this House, you will agree with me that we did justice to the membership of the party. We brought people who can represent the interest of the party and the interest of the special interest groups. We have Hon. Sossion, Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol and Hon. Dennitah Ghati. We have people who are actually representing the various special interest groups. So, let us not look at political party officials as criminals. We are not. Political party officials are not criminals. We are responsible Kenyans. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman."
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