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    "id": 470673,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/470673/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Clearly, Sen. Murkomen is still blind about these things. From the outset, I want to say that Sen. Khalwale has brought this Bill at the appropriate time. I believe that the Political Parties Act, in its totality, needs to be looked at afresh. This Act was passed just before the passing of the new Constitution. I feel very strongly that there are many aspects of that Act that need to be changed. As I support Sen. Khalwale, I want to say that I will propose very specific and profound amendments to the Bill. You will notice that Sen. Khalwale proposes that we have a party with a single member constituency, whether in Parliament or in any county assembly in any of the 47 counties being funded by the taxpayer. I wish to remind my colleague that when we talk about funding of political parties, we are talking about money that comes from the VAT, paid by an old lady, who is working somewhere in a shop in Kasipul Kabondo or Mukurwe-ini. That is the money that will be used to fund political parties and it would be very dangerous and very wasteful if we were to allow an individual who has got one MCA somewhere in the midst of Kenya to now purport to have a political party which we are supposed to fund."
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