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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are proposing to reduce it from 5 per cent to 3 per cent. If we reduce it to 3 per cent, according to the current set up, three more political parties will benefit from the political funding. It has also been provided that in the alternative if you cannot get 3 per cent or 5 per cent – that is where Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale still became very attractive – if a party gets just one MP, MCA or governor, it gets funding. We felt that was not right. However, even logically, if you say that if you get one Senator or one Member of National Assembly, you get political funding, That is not logical. For example, the Senator for Busia County has seven Members of National Assembly. So, to be consistent, if you retain the one Senator then at least, you must say seven MPs to get political funding. However, that is still low. Therefore, we agreed on a figure of three Senators. We thought it was reasonable. We also agreed on a figure of three governors and 20 MPs. If you take three governors or Senators, the average will be about 20 MPs. Then we agreed on 40 MCAs. We all unanimously agreed on that. I believe that was a reasonable threshold which will enable serious parties to benefit from this funding. I commend the Members of the Committee such as my Vice, hon. Chepkonga, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and others who agreed with this reasoning. The following Committee members signed the agreement:- Hon. Daniel Maanzo, my Vice Chairperson and Sen. Sang who was very passionate on this issue and eloquently put forward the views of the youth. I hope that the Senator who is sitting behind Sen. Sang will also learn from him. We also had hon. Timothy Bosire who is an accountant, he is the one who did not stand up in Parliament the other day; Sen. Murkomen was also a Member and he agreed. Hon. Njoroge Baiya who is also the Chairman of the Committee on Implementation of the National Assembly was also a Member. They agreed and have all signed. If I may say so, the National Assembly has been ahead of us. They have already passed the mediated version of the Bill last week. I was the Chairman of the Mediation Committee and can confirm that the reasoning is proper and everything is okay. Therefore, I urge that we similarly pass this mediated version of the Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the figures that we have are close to the figures that Hon. Chris Wamalwa informed us when he appeared before the Committee. He gave us good information on the various figures and where he obtained them from. With those few remarks, I beg to move. I request Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale or Sang to second."
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