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    "id": 1593216,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1593216/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": "To give people a perspective of what goes on, if you look at Section 24(1)(a) of the Political Parties Act, the funds that go into the Political Parties Fund are 0.3 per cent of all the National Government share of revenue as divided by the annual division of revenues. That number was Ksh5, 292,300,000 in 2023. Jubilee Party got Ksh1,020,104,806 while my party, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), got Ksh1,331, 392,198.30. This is according to the Auditor-General’s Report of the Financial Year 2023/2024. Those who are elected independently do not get a share of that. 15 per cent of these funds goes to those who are elected according to the number of seats you have won. If you run as an independent candidate and win a seat, you do not get any compensation. Hon. Temporary Speaker, 10 per cent goes to those who belong to special groups. If you get elected as an Independent candidate, and you are a Member of a special group, a youth or as a person with disability, you do not get compensated. This is how unfair this is. So, we will be proposing amendments to expand the coverage of the Political Parties Fund to include independent candidates."
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