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    "id": 992398,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to make brief remarks. First, some of these things should not be taken personally. I know it hurts when positions change. I have been in that kind of situation where you work tirelessly to support a political party but somewhere down the road, you differ in principle and you have to part ways. When we parted ways with the then the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), which was the majority party, it was a very painful experience. I want to tell my colleagues and friends who are countenancing this situation to know that it always happens. However, they must disagree in principle. When they do so, they yield to their party to continue advancing the agenda nationally. For instance, if this fight or this difficulty was to go on in perpetuity, Kenyans would bear the greatest suffering because the ruling party would be dysfunctional. I believe that if they have ambitions to run in future and form another party, this gives them an opportunity to create their own organization where others will disagree with them and may part ways. When we parted ways with NARC, we went on to form another party called the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Some of us are back here courtesy of another party. The rest is history. So, this is not a matter of life and death where they must fight their party in perpetuity or to adopt a scorched-earth policy. They have done a very good job in leading when they had that privilege and they will continue doing a good job by being Members of this House. It is something that may not be either legal or illegal, but it is a political decision that this nation must move forward. I hope that both sides will find healing in this act and accept the new reality that we, as a nation, must move forward and work for our people without bringing difficulty to the agenda of this House and that of the nation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, let us work with what we have and the leaders that God has given us today."
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