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    "id": 585354,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a Bill that is meant to amend the Political Parties Act in Section 25 of the Act of 2011 by deleting sub-sections (1) and (2) and substituting therefor the following new subsections- “(1) The Fund shall be distributed as follows- (a) seventy per cent of the Fund proportionately by reference to the total number of votes secured by each political party in the preceding general elections; (b) twenty five per cent of the Fund equally among political parties which are entitled to receive funding under sub-section (2); and (c) five per cent for the administration expenses of the Fund. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a political party shall not be entitled to receive funding from the fund if- (a) the party does not secure at least one of the following categories of seats in the preceding general elections- (i) one seat in the office of a county governor; (ii) one seat in the office of a Senator; (iii)at least two seats in the office of a Member of the National Assembly; (iv) at least twenty seats in the office of a Member of a County Assembly (MCA) (b) more than two-thirds of its registered office bearers are of the same gender.” If the party is only composed of males, then it will not be entitled to receive any funding. For example, the party known as Maendeleo ya Wanaume and given that it has men only as members will not receive any funding. This Bill was considered by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and it recommended as follows:- In its Minute No. JLA234/2015, Consideration and Adoption of Report on Political Parties Amendment Bill Senate, Bill No. 3 of 2014, I would like to read the Committee’s recommendations. “The Committee considered and adopted its Report on Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bill No. 3 of 2014. The Report rejected the Bill because it was a money Bill, which should have originated from the National Assembly. The Adoption of the Report was proposed by Hon. John Njoroge and seconded by Hon. Sammy Koech. There was no dissenting voice to the adoption of the Report.” The Constitution in Article 114, states that a money Bill may not deal with any matter other than those listed in the definition of a money Bill in Clause 3. The Bill goes further to state The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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