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    "id": 318185,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/318185/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
        "slug": "robinson-githae"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to respond as follows: The Political Parties Fund has a budgetary allocation under the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties, Vote 168 in the Financial Year 2012/2013. In the draft Budget Estimates submitted to Parliament, Treasury had proposed an allocation of Kshs250 million to the Political Parties Fund. The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs discussed and reviewed the estimates of the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties for the Budget Estimates, as per the requirement of the Constitution. The Committee recommended the need for Treasury to adhere to Section 24(1) (A) of the Political Parties Act, 2011. However, the Committee recommended that a sum not exceeding Kshs430 million be approved for net Recurrent Expenditure under the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. The Budget Committee came up with further recommendations to nationalize the expenditure, which was adopted by the National Assembly on 6th June, 2012. Treasury was requested to implement the recommendations, which reduced the initial allocation from Kshs250 million to Kshs240 million, that is, five per cent cut across the board, as the Committee recommended, in the current grants to Government agencies. The Budget Committee recommendations also reduced the overall Vote allocation---"
}