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    "id": 186996,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT this House adopts the Political Parties (Registration) Regulations 2008, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 8th July, 2008. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the said rules are already before the House. They are rules that will enable the full operationalization of the Political Parties Bill. These rules were made by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). My Ministry has the obligation to lay them before the House and to move this Motion. I have looked at the rules and they are basically rules to enable the ECK and the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties to regulate political parties. They give 2294 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 31, 2007 the basics that each party must have. They will actually provide a checklist for political parties with which each political party can measure itself as to the level of compliance during the period of 180 days that each party has to bring itself fully within this new law. The rules provide for the application of provisional registration of a political party. All our political parties are going to have a provisional registration status but on application to the Registrar of Political Parties. Within 180 days, as each party complies, the Registrar of Political Parties will either be able to grant full registration or to deregister any party that is unable to comply. So, the rules give the conditions for provisional registration and for full registration. Also, as I have said there are all the other benchmarks including the period within which each party should notify the Registrar if there is any change of office, office bearer or if, for instance, the registered head office of the party or the postal address changes; or any alteration in the names of the political party or its constitution. So, really, these are routine matters. They also give other details that are actually extracted from the Political Parties Bill which the parties' attention need to be drawn to so that they may be able to comply. One of the requirements will be that each party has to have audited accounts every year. We know that under the Societies Act, we are required to do that. Normally, most parties do not comply. But this time, there will be the whip of the Registrar to ensure that we not only file returns but also make sure that there is audited accounts. It also provides who can sign the notice to the Registrar, the office bearer and how the Registrar will communicate with the political parties which is basically through registered postal address of the political parties concerned. The proposed Rule 15 also provides offences and penalties for breach by political parties of any of the provisions of these regulations. It means that every office bearer of the party concerned shall be guilty of an offence and is liable to the fine or a term of imprisonment provided so that we are actually making sure that we comply with the law. The rest of the attachment are the forms through which we shall do the various things required by the law. The rules are fairly straightforward and I would like to urge the hon. Members of this House to support them. I beg to move and request hon. Githae to second."
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