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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this very noble Bill. At the outset, I would like to thank Hon. Chris Wamalwa for thinking on behalf of those of us who are represented here by small parties. There was a quote here by the Leader of the Majority Party referring to the constitutional ruling by Justice Majanja which alluded to the fact that the Political Parties Act as it is is unconstitutional. That was only a ruling to depict the separation of powers. What I want to bring to the attention of the House is that there is a constitutional issue which is the right to vote. There is also a constitutional issue which is the right not to be discriminated. It is enshrined in our Constitution that no one can be discriminated against because of various factors. By virtue of confining the voter into only a cocoon of political parties which are being funded is in itself a very great offence which we should correct today in this House. We need to correct it through the Bill that we have so that we create political parties that can initiate themselves from the lowest level to grow and open up space so that voters can choose who they want to vote. There is the issue of opening up of democracy. Most of my colleagues have mentioned it. It is a big challenge. You will find that it is an issue of who you know during nomination. It is also an issue of how long you have been in politics. It is an issue of how you relate. Let us open up the space. The parties that are leading today, the ‘big boys’ which we could refer to as the TNA, URP and ODM which I recognise very much did not just originate from nowhere. 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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