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    "content": "the duty of the Registrar of Political Parties to release money, because she does not have it. Money comes from the Treasury. But even then, money does not come immediately. Once money is appropriated and approved by the relevant House, it comes in quarters. So, you cannot put an obligation, first of all, to the wrong person and, secondly, with an immediate duty to release funds. That would not be the right thing to do. So, other than agreeing that there is need for political parties to be funded--- I understand that some of the political parties are not doing very well, because other than that funding, they are not in a position to raise money. Remember that political parties can raise money from other sources. But I think that the nature of our political parties is that after the election, some of the seemingly active parties die because the fundraising channels are no longer working. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would support this Motion on a formal condition that it is addressed to the national Treasury. The other formal condition is that it is subject to the usual procedures, as opposed to the use of the word “immediately.” In fact, we can delete the word “immediately.” But informally, also, I hope that my good friend, the Mover of this Motion, who is also the Secretary General of ODM, which is one of the key pillars of the Minority, is not looking for funds to start bashing me left, right and centre. I hope that he is just looking for funds for the political party to perform its constitutional and legal obligations and not start bashing Jubilee right, left and centre. This is because instead of my brother here and his party concentrating on their duty---"
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