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"content": "I am reliably informed that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has already done a raid in Kapsabet County Offices. We hope that with the ongoing investigation, we shall be able to be told who bears the greatest responsibility for the corruption allegations that we are facing. Going into the future, we have agreed with the people of Nandi and have directed our Members of County Assembly (MCAs) to commence impeachment proceedings against the sitting governor. Madam Temporary Speaker, let me mention a few things. One is that as of 2022, we had 90 political parties and others are more like briefcase political parties. It is time as a country we embrace party democracy. I agree with many people that the presence of 90 political parties plus- because people continue to register even as of now- does not mean that we are democratic. It means we have reduced ourselves to religion, region, tribal, class, among other factors. Therefore, by 2022, more than 90 political parties have been registered by the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP). When you look at this amendment Bill, we want to establish independent political parties regulatory commission, to replace the ORPP. I expected all of us to say something on this, because we are the consumers of this office. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think over 99 per cent of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are sitting here, are either sponsored by a political party or any political formation, except for a few who are elected through independent tickets as prescribed by the law. As we speak today, we are the greatest consumers of political parties. We must ensure there is hygiene in terms of running political parties in this country. Under Article 91 and 92 of the Constitution of Kenya, the characteristics and design of political parties in this Republic should and must reflect the national outlook. One of the characteristics of political parties, is that it must reflect national unity. That is the essence of any political party. I can tell you out of 90 political parties plus as of 2022, that are registered by political parties, only half within 25 counties have an office. If you look at those offices nowadays, they have even changed colour, because we have used political parties as vehicles. You reach your destination and you abandon it, yet, in the wisdom and design of this Constitution, we had even allocated political parties fund to assist political parties to run by creating an independent office. We should ask ourselves, now that political parties were funded and rightfully so within the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya, what is the essence of giving political parties funds? Currently, it is hot as we head to elections in the United States of America (USA). We are having Donald Trump of the Republican Party and of course Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party, and there are many other small parties like Tea Party among others. When you go there and they call for the National Delegates Conference (NDC), you wonder how those people are well organised yet there are two political parties with different ideologies that must be respected. As we approach November, some of us are great supporters of Donald Trump, and we hope he wins because the economy will look much better as opposed to other ideologies. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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