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    "id": 408939,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "We are on the spending limits. The Committee proposed the above limits. These factors were thought to influence the amount of money that candidates spend. For example, those now vying in counties would spend more than those vying in single member constituencies. Those in terrains that are very difficult in terms of infrastructure would then spend more than those whose terrains are much easier. So, all these factors would be used to decide the spending limits for each election and each candidate in terms of the different batches of elections, namely, presidential, governor, senator and all that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, Sub-section (4) shall only apply with respect to the party nomination expenditure of a party candidate, that subsection that requires or relates to party Members in an electoral area. If there are party members in an electoral area, more than one party candidate, then there would be a nomination exercise and that is catered for in terms of their spending exercise; that is catered for in terms of their spending limits. In Subsection (6), this was also found necessary because in every budget there must some allowance in the event that some extraneous matters happen. In terms of discussion with the Committee, we had very many examples of extraneous circumstances. I think that in some of the terrains, it costs more to campaign during the rainy season and it costs less when the rains are not there. So, these kinds of factors make 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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