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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, in cleaning the law, we have already adopted a new definition of “authorised persons”, wherever it applies. Where it refers to the candidates, we will not have the term “Party Candidate Expenditure Committee”. We will instead have the candidates or their agents as is in the definition. However, the duty of giving detailed information will still apply even to the candidate. That is what this speaks to – that the candidate will then have to comply and send these particular details to the Commission. The only part in respect of which I have sympathy with the hon. Member in terms of the amendments is where it requires a preliminary nomination expenditure report and a final campaign expenditure report. I seem to see that in paragraph (d), there is already a requirement to manage the expenditure accounts of the candidates and keep the books of accounts updated and available for inspection. So, if paragraph (d) covers the keeping of books, updating of accounts and availing the same for inspection, then we might want to agree with the hon. Member that, in respect of these new terminologies, in the context of an election campaign, we do not want a situation where when you are running an election, you start filing a preliminary nomination expenditure report and then once you 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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