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    "content": "(b) more than two-thirds of its registered office bearers are of the same gender. Mr. Chairperson, Sir, if I may explain very briefly, in the Bill the requirement was that we have only one Member of the County Assembly. However, after the Committee went into consultation, they suggested and I concurred with them, and they concurred with the public that we should raise the threshold. So, the reason we have one Senator or Governor is because our understanding was that some of the counties have got up to 17 Members of Parliament like in Nairobi. Therefore, if somebody secured like in Nairobi one million votes, a party getting those kind of votes has got substantial support. Therefore, they should get funding, similar to the Senator. As to why we settled on two seats in the National Assembly, it is because some of our counties like Lamu and Isiolo have got a maximum of two seats. Therefore, we thought that we had sufficiently raised the threshold. Mr. Chairperson, Sir, as to the amount of money, we are amending so that instead of having a cut off and then the money will be shared pro rata based on the number of votes garnered. That is the justification for this amendment. I beg to move."
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