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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I did not know that your machine is so efficient in names; you have called me by all the three names. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what was the reason for enacting this particular act of Parliament about three to four years ago and why do we now want to amend it? We must go to the intention of Parliament at the time that we made this particular Act of Parliament. In fact, earlier even before this Constitution came into operation, there was actually no reference to political parties in our Constitution or in our statutes except to say that Kenya shall be a multiparty democracy. That was Section 2(A) of the Constitution. Kenyans yearned for political parties that are strong, national and believe in something and are persuading Kenyans on some path of development. That is why we decided, first of all, to define the political parties and put it in the Constitution. So, in this Constitution, there is a reference to political parties. In Article 91, the whole of Part III is headed “Basic Requirements for Political Parties”. In fact, one of the basic requirements is not ideology. I have looked at it carefully although it is important. In Article 91 (1) (a), it says one thing; that the parties must have a national character as prescribed by an Act of Parliament. If you look at the Act of Parliament, we were trying to say that a political party however large, so long as it only belongs to western Kenya, cannot be a political party. It must have a national character. We are saying that a political party however rich, if it only belongs to the former Central The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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