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    "content": "When you visit some counties, go beyond and sit in a park somewhere, you will appear lost and wonder because you may find advertisements full of party colours. For example, we have very many parties in western Kenya. Why should somebody advertise a party colour? They should, instead, advertise about our culture, diversity or what we believe in and we will appreciate that. Many counties have such advertisements. You will find advertisements of party colours, yet we are saying that billboards should be used for advertisements. If anything, all parties should be treated equally. Let us also put in place parameters of what should be advertised. If the party wants to advertise, that is fine. However, the party should pay money to the county for advertising in the county because they are also national parties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senator because this Bill has come at a time when we are just about to see all sorts of advertisements until you would not see any road signs. We will be seeing individuals competing in the name of running for governor seats. I do not think somebody will advertise that they want to be a Member of Parliament (MP) in the county. Let us try and safeguard how advertisements should be made for the sake of the whole county and Kenyans. I know that if this Bill goes to the National Assembly, Members of the National Assembly will look at the issue of goodwill. I understand there is something called goodwill where you suppress things that are supposed to safeguard the country. That is why we face the mess because of the National Assembly. If Members of the National Assembly would be consulting and considering some of the Bills that we felt should safeguard the country, we would not be in some of the messes we are in. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support and hope that we will propose amendments to this Bill during the Committee of the Whole to safeguard our counties."
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