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    "content": "statutory Political Parties Fund, parliamentary group contribution, donations and membership fees. On the other hand, the Auditor-General reported in the year ended 30th June 2013 that the Forum for Restoration of Democracy–Kenya (FORD (K) accounts showed unsupported expenditure of more than Kshs7.4 million. In the same accounting period, Forum for Restoration of Democracy–People (FORD (P) party accounts showed unsupported expenditure of more than Kshs11.5 million with unexplained expenses of Kshs1.1 million. The Grand National Union (GNU) failed to declare an income of Kshs679,245 during the 2012/2013 Financial Year. In the same year, GNU received Kshs9,627, 453, though there was no document to support the income or its expenditure. They did not disclose how they got the money or how they spent the Kshs9,627, 453. To be fair to everybody that I have no ulterior motives, The National Alliance Party (TNA) had all its audited accounts up to date until the audited accounts as at 30th June 2012, where it failed to declare an income of Kshs1,080,000, which was received from the Political Parties Fund. Section 30(1) of the Political Parties Act 2011 states:- “A political party shall, at least 60 days before a general election, submit to the Registrar, a register of its members and a statement of its assets and liabilities in a prescribed form.” Further, Section 30(2) states:- “Notwithstanding any other penalty provided in this Act or in any other written law, the Registrar shall deregister a political party which:- (a) fails to comply with this section; or, (b) submits a statement which is false in any material particulars.” The question that I want you, Hon. Speaker, to address yourself to is this: Does this mean that the Registrar of Political Parties should have deregistered ODM by now for failure to declare income? This country has 55 registered political parties, most of which are yet to submit accounts and declare income for the Financial Years 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015. I am aware that the financial statements of the Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya (WDM(K)) for the year ended 2014 were very clean and they were approved. I want to thank the secretariat of WDM(K). From the information I have, URP is yet to submit its accounts to the Auditor-General. That raises more questions than answers. So as not to condemn anybody unheard because we are under obligation to audit the national Government and its parastatals, the political funding money we give to our own secretariat and the money that we donate must also be accounted for. So as not to condemn anybody unheard, the relevant committee of the House should move speedily to examine these accounts in the same way the accounts of the national Government and State corporations are examined. We cannot be the organ that makes laws and breaks the same with great recklessness. My point of order is that considering political parties are neither part of the national Executive nor parastatals, which committee should undertake the examination of those accounts? Is it the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, PAC or PIC? Do we, as a House, resolve to establish a special committee for the purpose on a bipartisan approach? I recall in the 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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