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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "I see a small point that arises from that. Who will the PAC call to account for this? One is the Registrar of Political Parties, and two, the officials of the political parties. That raises an issue that we have in this country that we may look at the law, that officials of political parties are politicians some of whom are Members of the National Assembly. It will raise an issue that when they are called to appear before the PAC, it is an interesting situation where those Members of Parliament appear before their colleagues. It may be a little difficult to look at that, but it is perhaps what we should look at so that if we were to get a special committee, one will wonder whether we are still talking about Members of the National Assembly or we should look at the Political Parties Act and say that politicians who are running for offices in the National Assembly or any other should not hold offices in the political parties. This is because they are being financed by public funds and, therefore, there is conflict of interest."
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