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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "form to the commission. You know in this country how institutions are misused. I want to be assured that, that commission is independent of any interference because that can be used politically to bar people from assuming any office in this country. The issue of the political party has been canvassed well here and I agree that we need to have an independent panel, with approval of Parliament, to appoint the Political Parties Registrar. It is good this amendment has been put in place, but even now the office of the Political Parties Registrar does not look like it is functioning. Nothing is happening in this country. Political parties are like political vehicles that are used during elections and discarded once you have assumed office. So, I expected more amendments to strengthen that office so that it can have teeth that can bite. Political parties are important institutions of governance in this country, because they help in the governance of this country and that is why they are funded by State coffers. That is why we passed the Political Parties Fund Act that gives monies to all political parties, whether you are in the Government or opposition. So, that in essence tells you that they are organs of governance. So, I expected we empower the Registrar’s office so that he or she can take action on issues that affect political parties. As you know, there are so many problems with political parties at the moment where we do not respect the political parties that have given us the positions that we enjoy. With those few remarks, I would like to urge the Leader of Majority Party to withdraw the amendments to the National Intelligence Service Act and the Kenya Defence Forces Act, so that we can handle those two amendments separately; by amending the original Act itself or by bringing amendments here separately, instead of putting them in this Bill. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance."
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