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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will carry it. I am so sorry. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for bringing this Bill because it is an important Bill. I want to point out from the outset that if you look at what the Constitution requires of political parties, so as to reflect the national character; and also if you look at the Political Parties Act in terms of what the Constitution requires in Section 7 of the Act, you will realize the importance of this Bill. It says that a political party is required to recruit fully registered members and that the number of recruited members should be no fewer than 1,000 registered voters from each of more than half of the counties. What does the Political Parties Act says here? It is says that in order to reflect the national character of a political party, you have to have more than 1,000 members from half the counties in the Republic. If you do so, then you will have fulfilled the requirement of Article 91 of the Constitution and the Political Parties Act. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, other than the question of the registration of members and their regional spread, because, again, it says in Section 7(2)(b) that the members referred to in paragraph (a) reflect regional and ethnic diversity; gender balance and representation of minorities and marginalized groups; so that any political party which is registered under the Political Parties Act is already a national party. Otherwise, if it does not fulfill that requirement, then it is not a national party because it does not fulfill the conditions required by the Constitution and the Political Parties Act. I think this is what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is trying to say here. When it comes to the elections and in order for you to get funding from the fund established under the Political Parties Act, you must have a certain percentage or a certain threshold of the votes garnered in the elections. So, even if those votes came from 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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