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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ahenda",
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        "legal_name": "Paddy Ahenda",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a good Bill. I must admit that the Political Parties Bill is long overdue. It ought to have come a long time ago. Because of the absence of a political parties legislation, which should provide for their funding, we are getting all these foreigners masquerading as helping political parties. If we have such an Act in place, we will not have such people. They will pack and go. Their stay in the country has been messing political parties instead of helping them. I want to congratulate the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs for bringing the Bill to the House. It has come at the right time. We will get rid of those foreigners. However, there are a few things that need panel beating here and there in the Bill. If we can do that, the Bill can come out very nice. I have in mind Clause 9(2)(c) which talks about the resignation of a councillor from a political party. It states that:- \"A member of a political party who intends to resign from his political party shall give a written notice prior to his resignation to- (c) the relevant local authority, if he is a councillor\". This is very vague. Who is the relevant local authority? A chief in a ward could be a relevant local authority. This should come out specifically like it has been stated, that a Member of Parliament shall send his resignation letter to the Clerk of the National Assembly. It should be specific and state that if a councillor wants to resign, he should send his resignation letter to the clerk of the local council. Talking about the \"relevant local authority\" is very vague. At the local level, there are so many masquerading authorities and any of them could do. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also have a bone to pick with Clause 9(4) which states that:- \"A person while a member of another political party- (b) joins another political party; or---\" The Bill does not give the consequences of a member of a political party joining another political party. This should also be clear."
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