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    "id": 224047,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wambora",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Nyaga Wambora",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will take a short time in order to give others a chance. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to start by saying that I am for this very, very good provisions of the Political Parties Bill for various reasons. One, Clause 9 talks of the rights of the party members, and I think they have been well stated. Clause 23 talks of the purposes of the Fund, and I am quite happy with the expenditure whereby about 90 per cent of the funds are being spent on core functions of the party as opposed to spending a lot of money on administrative expenses, and the Bill leaves that with only 10 per cent. I think that is the way to go so that the parties themselves can subsidise their secretariat while spending the public funds to promote the core functions of the party. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have also noticed that the Bill provides various sources of funds for political parties. I find the range very wide and encouraging, ranging from membership fees all the way to voluntary contributions and donations and, indeed, even investment proceeds. I think that is a good way to encourage parties to be prudent and to raise funds from many sources instead of relying on the Government. However, the details is where the problem is. This is where I shall propose some amendments. The needed amendments can only come with---"
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