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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Absolutely, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker; and many other scams that I dare not mention here. So, in that regard, we still need more safeguards and more controls. We should not just leave this matter to this law to really enable us to achieve what we want to achieve, in terms of accountability on how we finance our campaigns. In addition, our electorate, to be honest, are the problem; electioneering period is their “harvest” season. If you meet youth groups, before you leave, you must part with some money. The same is the case for women groups. Nowadays they are so good that they organise themselves into groups. You can find up to 100 groups in a village. You have to meet all of them and part with money. Therefore, as much as we want this law, we also need to educate Kenyans, so that they can also know the rules of the game. As it is, I am not very pessimistic about this law, knowing our political culture and how we have always done business. I really hope that other safeguards and controls will eventually be used to enable us achieve what we want to achieve as per this Bill. The Bill is basically a constitutional imperative."
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