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    "id": 374024,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, if I may say something, in the context of the processes and the thinking that needs to go through the Standing Orders, these matters came to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and, indeed, we met the Registrar of Political Parties. It was clear to us what the minimum ought to be, but when the matter went to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and not all of us sit there, the report we got was that the amount that was initially proposed was left at that. It is also something to look at in terms of the ongoing debate as to how the various committees relate. It was also an issue, it is not only the funding of the political parties, but the money is even for the Judiciary. Most of us in the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee understood the sectors quite deeply in terms of their needs. The money for the Judiciary, we had proposed an amount which was again reduced not taking into account what we believe is not priority like aeroplane and others. Again, we met the Director of Public Prosecutions and we had considerations in terms of how best that office has to function and the number of additional persons who needed to be employed as State Counsel and the need to phase out any police prosecutors and others. Then it goes to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the membership of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee is not in a position to get the Committee to appreciate this. It becomes a problem."
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