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    "id": 567664,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njenga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Kigo Njenga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have not spoken on this Bill. Parliament is the custodian of democracy, fairness and equity. In our representative role, we are expected to advocate for transparency and accountability. When we talk of external funds being brought into a political party, it encourages a sort of monopoly where those who can manoeuvre political parties and the leadership get favours. In 2007, I was a victim of such manoeuvres. I won the PNU nomination and someone else was given the party flag in the elections. I felt very bad. In TNA things were better. Those who were in other parties may have suffered the way I did in 2007, especially in parties on the other side. This kind of external funding denies the youth, poor and those who have divergent views a chance to practise politics. They are discriminated against and this is unconstitutional, inhuman and illegal. So, the issue of external funding is one that this House should address. I believe that we should rely on internal funding."
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