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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetang’ula",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also wish to add my voice to this amendment. Kenya is a young democratic country. For us to keep growing our democracy, we must allow the existence of these so called small parties. Some of these small parties may exist in certain regions of this country. For example, we may have small political parties in some counties where they may even form the county government, but they may not have presence at the national level. These small political parties in other jurisdictions we may refer to them as regional parties. These parties, if not adequately funded, may just disappear or just survive on the whims of individuals, but this may just work against developing a strong democracy. I support this amendment, so that it is not just the mainstream political parties that are funded from the Political Parties Fund but also regional or small parties that may have roots in some regions and may not even be felt at the national level. You find that mainstream political parties, even the ones that are in this House today, are small political parties that have formed a coalition. Some of these political parties that have added numbers to the existence of mainstream political parties are not beneficiaries of State funds. Therefore, you find they are weak and will just survive on tokens or just handouts, from their owners. We must move away from this culture of forming political parties only at the time of election and then after election they disappear. We must have parties that have structures that have developed in such a way that they can exist beyond an election. They can have structures and maybe in future they will transform from small parties to mainstream political parties. If you The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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