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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "political parties to do whatever they want, including sharing this money with their affiliate parties and those other parties they work with. Hon. Speaker, many Auditor-General’s reports have been tabled in this House. I am happy that Hon. Kathuri Murungi who chairs the Special Funds Account Committee is here. This House should encourage the Committee to look at the audit reports of Political Parties Fund and get to know them because there are very pertinent issues that have been raised by the Auditor- General in terms of what some of these political parties are utilising the funds for. Other than what the Leader of the Majority Party is shouting here about the use of funds to fund bloggers which is within the right of political parties, it is important that this House which is charged with the responsibility of overseeing public resources remembers these are public resources that have been given to these political parties for specific functions in order to advance the growth of our democracy. Therefore, I encourage the Chair of the Special Funds Account Committee to table reports before this House. I agree with you, Hon. Speaker, that the Financial Year 2018/2019 is yet to begin. I have no indication whether there will be a Supplementary Budget but there is likelihood. Hopefully, before the end of the Financial Year 2018/2019 which begins in July 2018 to 30th June 2019, the National Treasury which is obligated by the provisions of the law will have made proposals which the Committee, as Hon. Cheptumo said, will consider. Once they are brought to the Budget and Appropriations Committee which the Leader of the Minority Party sits as an interested party and as the Chairman of the second largest party in the country, then we will ably consider those proposals and be able to allocate adequate resources. Again, it is very important to make it clear that these are public funds. If we are supporting the President’s call on accountability and transparency, it must begin from our own political parties. It cannot be that we allocate money, as Hon. Duale says, and it becomes the prerogative of John Mbadi as the Chairman of ODM to decide whether he will give part of it to Hon. Osotsi’s Amani Party, FORD (K) or the Jubilee Party to decide whether they will give it to PDR, Economic Freedom Party (EFP) or KANU. Therefore, let us ask that our political parties also become accountable and transparent in how they utilise these party funds so that these Members are encouraged to support such proposals to allocate more resources to these political parties. Thank you."
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