{"id":27751,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/27751/?format=json","text_counter":285,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. ole Metito","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities","speaker":{"id":199,"legal_name":"Judah Katoo Ole-Metito","slug":"judah-ole-metito"},"content":"Clauses 29, 30, 31 and 32 need to be harmonized with the Political Parties Bill that we passed yesterday; this is because we allowed party hopping; you can leave a party at a short notice. Therefore, being told that your supporters must have been members of that political party three months before is really inconsistent with what we passed yesterday; that is in Clauses 29,30,31 and 32. In Clause 31 we said that a political party may appoint an agent and there will be no agent for individuals or individual candidates; they will all be party agents. Under Clause 32(3) a political party will bear expenses relating to nomination of presidential, parliamentary and county assembly candidates; it should also bear the expenses of party agents since there will not be agents for individual candidates."}