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    "content": "the leadership of the country. This is very important because if you do not give out this money, we are going to have lopsided leadership in the country and people will be appointed through corruption. As a result, we shall have poor leadership in the party and by extension, poor leadership in the country. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is, therefore, important that as much as we think about funding of these parties, we should form another team that will control the use and misuse of the funds. It is also important to note that such monies cannot only be used for political rallies. We should find ways of making use of that money by educating the party officials especially in the use of ICT. The officials should get informed on how to interact with other parties from other places and so on. We should not only use the money for political rallies where people gather and insult one another and the opposing parties. That is not the essence of funding political parties. They should be seen to be serious and articulate the policies and development projects of the country. It is also important to make sure that once the money is provided parties can even start issuing bursaries or come up with school foundations so that they are seen to be strong on the ground. When that happens, we are going to develop very sound foundations for our political parties which can be used to spur development projects within the country. I commend the Mover, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, and I hope that this Motion will pass. When it passes, it should recognize the person who is leading. For example, in Jubilee, the person who has won is the one who should be respected. We should not cast aspersions at the party that won because elections were conducted and there was a winner who should therefore be respected as having won. We should not go backwards and try to challenge the success of such a party. Once a party has won in any election, we should recognize the institution which conducts the elections and even recognize the leader of the party as the President of the ruling party in the Republic. With those few remarks, I support."
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