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    "id": 807131,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Tom Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) regarding the dropping of the proposed amendment that was seeking to amend Vote 1311 on registration, regulation and funding of political parties. Hon. Speaker, I wish to thank you for your guidance issued yesterday in this regard. However, this was prepared last week. So, I am reading it as it is as per the Standing Orders. Even as we move forward, the House should appreciate that the import of this amendment was geared towards fulfilling the requirements of Article 92 (1) of the Constitution on the legislation of political parties as regulated by sections 23, 24 and 25 of the Political Parties Act 2011. These sections of the law provide that the funding for political parties from the national Government shall be no less than 0.3 per cent of the revenue collected by the national Government as may be provided by Parliament. I, therefore, wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of BAC to explain when this issue will be addressed. I have with me also, in support, a judgement of the high court on this very same question which I wish to lay on the Table of the House."
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