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    "id": 390426,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ong’era",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Motion that has been moved in this House by the Senator for Kisumu, who happens to be also the Secretary General of the largest and most popular party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Motion, as it regards the management of political parties. As we are aware, political parties until recently did not have any funding. They have been relying on money that is donated by people who call themselves owners of political parties. This Fund was established in 2010, specifically to deal with the issue of briefcase party owners. It was meant to regulate and create a level playing field for all political parties. As you know, Section 23 of the Political Parties Act has created and also shown how the money from the fund is supposed to be distributed. The Political Parties Act was enacted in 2011 under the Tenth Parliament. Under Section 24, the Fund was established and created to be 0.3 per cent of targeted revenues. This was to be based on the 2013/2014 Annual Estimates. In my calculation, it meant that political parties were to receive 0.3 per cent of the targeted revenue, which was Kshs986 billion. If we calculate this, we find that averagely, the money that should have gone to the Registrar should have been Kshs58 billion. This is a lot of money that would have gone a long way in helping political parties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, to our dismay the Treasury decided to cut this money and give the Registrar of Political Parties Kshs344 million only. It is a tragedy really, that when a law has been passed, some people sitting somewhere, just decide on their own to allocate the money, without respect to what the legislators have passed. Therefore, apart from demanding that this Kshs344 million should be released immediately to political parties, we are also demanding – and I hope that the Senator for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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