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    "id": 1482128,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not sure where I stopped, but I was making a comment on the functions of the Independent Political Parties Regulatory Commission on the issue of funding of political parties. I said that funding of political parties must be re-looked at, in the sense that only parties which comply to the Political Parties Act should be funded. The current arrangement is that some small political parties, which are not fully compliant still receive funding from the national Government. This is trying to fund non-compliance. The issue of regulating political party nominations in accordance with the Act, I believe that this Act will propose regulations on how this is going to be done, because we want parties to remain independent entities and should not be under the direction of any authority. This is because, if we allow political party decisions to be made by another body, the party will lose its internal democracy that we are seeking to have in all political parties. The matter of membership of political parties has been a major concern, and I hope that this Commission will address the problem of membership, so that we do not have scenarios where an individual belongs to several or multiple political parties and all that data is kept at the office of the Registrar of Political Parties. The commission should seek to resolve this problem so that we know that a particular person belongs to a particular party and not to parties. The amendment in Section 35(b) proposes that the President appoint five commissioners with the approval of the National Assembly. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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