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    "id": 34970,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kombo",
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        "id": 218,
        "legal_name": "Musikari Nazi Kombo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will be extremely brief. With regard to the issue of integrity, political parties are the nurseries for leadership in this country. The Constitution has raised the bar in Chapter Six on integrity. I want to agree with what Dr. Mwiria spoke about that people who do not have that integrity should not be given positions to run political parties. I want the Minister to look into this and state how people can be vetted if they are found wanting so that they are not given positions in political parties. This is because if this is left to political parties, people with money and so on and so forth will get elected into leadership even though they lack in integrity. Secondly, we need to make it difficult for briefcase political parties. I think that is important. The question of 1,000 people in 24 counties is too small or little. If we want to remain with the 24 counties then that figure should rise to 2,000 as it were. Otherwise, it should be 1,000 in all the 47 counties. This is because there are many people who will wake up to raise that 1,000 and form briefcase political parties so that they can sell them out at the time of general elections. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to talk about free and fair elections in political parties. Many times, political party leaders in whatever county would sit in a hotel room and actually purport to have held an election for the political party when, in fact, there was none. Who will police this? That is where the Registrar’s position should be strengthened. The Registrar should be given deputies who will check and confirm if, indeed, a political party has held elections. I just wanted to make those brief comments on the issue of integrity; the issue of killing briefcase political parties; and the political parties being strengthened. That is how we will get leaders in this country. With those remarks, I support the Bill."
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