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    "content": ". Section 7 of the Political Parties Act is amended in of No. 11 of 2011. sub-section (2) by deleting sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (f). In Section 7 of the Political Parties Act No.11 of 2011, this paragraph says that for a political party to receive assent for registration, it must have and maintain physical offices in 24 counties. In practice, parties have found that this is a very expensive exercise. Even if you are going to get some funding, you will waste money on paying rent for 24 offices and staff who work there. It is not practical. So, the request of both the smaller political parties, the caucus that puts together political parties and the NDC to the Committee was that this be dropped. Once a party has got 2,000 members in at least 24 counties, it has complied. You cannot afford to have 24 physical offices in 24 counties. Therefore, I am proposing that we drop the requirement that a party should maintain 24 physical offices in 24 counties. That is the intention of the amendment."
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