Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 408668,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/408668/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 556,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 981,
        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
        "slug": "priscilla-nyokabi-kanyua"
    },
    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this speaks to the sources of campaign finances; the sources of funds for the purposes of financing party nomination, election or referendum campaign; and contribution received from any person, political party or any other lawful source. Part (b) speaks to contribution from a lawful source not being a foreigner, a foreign government, a foreign inter-governmental organisation or a non- governmental organisation and contributions from Harambee . The Committee proposes to limit the number of persons who can contribute to the campaign of a political candidate. The reasons are that we want genuine candidates for this country. We also do not want foreigners to have a greater hand in the manner in which we conduct our elections, especially in the manner of financing candidates. We do not want a candidate who is owned by a foreign government or a particular organisation by virtue of having received funding. In the same vein, in the proposed Clause 16A, the Committee looked at limits to contributions and proposes that the Commission shall at least 12 months before a general election, by notice in the Gazette, prescribe limits on total contributions, contributions from a single source, paid up media coverage and a loan forming part of a contribution, which a candidate, political party or a referendum committee may receive during the expenditure period. Again, the Committee’s reasoning, especially on contribution from a single source, is that if a candidate or a party has only one person contributing 100 per cent of the budget, there will be problems. That particular candidate or party will have to bend to the wishes of the financiers. The ideal position is that there are limitations as to how much a single donor can contribute to a campaign or candidate or political party or even a referendum committee. Under the proposed Clause 16A(2), we are saying that where contribution is from a candidate to that candidate’s campaign financing or from a political party or a referendum committee to that political party or referendum committee’s campaign financing, no contribution from a single source shall exceed 10 per cent of the total contributions received by that candidate or political party of referendum committee. A single donor can only give up to 10 per cent in terms of funding of the budget of a political party, a candidate or a referendum committee. The Commission shall prescribe the limits beyond which contributions received by a candidate or a political party or a referendum committee from a single source may be disclosed. I would urge that hon. Members look carefully at some of the proposals contained here because they have far-reaching implications. Those of us who have had links with NGOs need to look carefully at whether it is indeed okay to allow funding from an NGO for a political candidate. We also need to look carefully at how much such an organisation can donate. There was a lot of debate in the Committee meetings as to how much a single a donor 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."
}