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    "id": 636693,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Anyway, my point has been ably reinforced by my colleagues. Crossing the Floor is very serious in most jurisdictions that respect political parties. By someone saying that Hon. Mung’aro crossed the Floor and he did not even object to that is a clear indication that the gentleman has left the party. However, the problem in this country is on the Registrar of Political Parties failing to enforce our laws and it is not the lack of laws. We actually legislated very well in terms of coming up with the Political Parties Act in the 10th Parliament and the provisions are clear. Look at the ODM Constitution which is filed with the Registrar of Political Parties. You are not only supposed to lose your seat, but you are also supposed to lose your membership of the party as a whole. I urge the Registrar of political parties to start acting on these cases. It does not matter whether she is acting or she is occupying that office substantively. She is in office and she needs to act. She is just there and I do not know what she does. Finally is the issue on funds. The law is clear. It says that 0.3 per cent of revenue which translates to about Kshs3 billion is supposed to go to political parties. We do not see that happening. The Jubilee Government is violating this provision of the law and they do not care about it. I hope that this time round when Parliament is going to allocate funds to political parties, we are going to have 0.3 per cent of revenue allocated to political parties for management. Thank you."
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