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    "id": 390460,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. First of all, I want to mention very clearly here that I am a member of a political party and I am not an independent candidate. I am a member of a vibrant political party known as the United Republican Party (URP), one of the few youngest parties which grew very fast, with almost over 90 Members in both the National Assembly and the Senate, more than 400 Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) and over 10 governors, yet the party was born less than a year ago. Madam Temporary Speaker, I believe that parties are very important institutions when it comes to building our democracy. For example, the URP is the only party in Kenya that recognizes family values as very integral in terms of national development. I have a dream that the URP shall be in existence for the next 100 years. For that reason, it cannot be in existence for even one year, two years, 10 years or even 20 years if we stifle our political parties from getting resources; resources are very important. If you ask yourself, why is KANU still in existence despite the challenges they have gone through? Why does a political party like KANU – which for over ten years has not contributed a president - have representation both at the National Assembly and at the Senate, but not as it was from 1963 to 2002? The reason is because KANU has a considerable number of assets, and so for the members to leave their assets and resources, they will feel like it is a loss if someone else was to come and inherit them and move on. So, we must create an attachment between the members and the party; and the attachment will come by giving the party the necessary resources. If the Kshs3 billion anticipated in the Constitution was to be divided to various political parties, I am sure that 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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