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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. When the Committee looked at this matter, there was controversy around a candidate forming an expenditure committee. A number of people were going to determine how the candidate will spend their money. The experience of most Members is that our committees, and even committee Members, are not the most honest. Sometimes a committee can actually mess up a candidate thoroughly. It was felt that a candidate would be the one to comply with the provisions of this Act. Therefore, we removed the “campaign expenditure committees”. When we come to Clause 6, we will explain in details who the authorized persons are. So far, just in terms of explaining the deletion of Clause 3, the authorized persons would be a candidate, an agent of the candidate, a political party financing committee and a referendum campaign financing committee. This particular amendment is also helpful because it caters for independent candidates as well. What the Bill had done earlier was to separate party candidates from independent candidates. What we have in the Bill, and what we have in the amendments like the one we are proposing in Clause 3, is a candidate or an agent of the candidate, a political party campaign financing committee or a referendum campaign financing committee serving as authorized persons to be able to comply with the rules and regulations as will be set out in the Election Campaign Financing Bill that we are passing today. I do hope that this clarifies a bit, and assures Members that we are not going to have any candidate required to set up a committee to report to IEBC, or to make any disclosures of campaign financing matters; but if a Member does wish to appoint an agent The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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