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    "content": "2013/2014. If we are going to use this as a basis for allocation of funds into the Political Parties Fund, then, 0.3 per cent comes to about Kshs2.8 billion. This means that political parties in Kenya that meet the threshold that has been agreed on by the Mediation Committee will be entitled to Kshs2.8 billion which is not little money. Remember the Equalisation Fund gets about Kshs3.3 billion or Kshs3.5 billion annually. What we take to marginalised areas every year is almost equal to what we allocate to political parties. This is a significant development in a country which was a single-party state just 20 years ago. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, concerning the threshold that we have defined, initially, the proposer of the amendment had laid a very low threshold for the entitlement to funding. However, the negotiated position could pass because we are moving from the 5 per cent to 3 per cent of the national vote. We are also saying that for a party to be eligible, it must have representation in this House and it will not just be one or two lonely Members but it has to be three elected Members of the Senate. If you work it out with three elected Members of the Senate, it might entitle someone to be a nominated Member. It has to be 20 elected Members of the National Assembly, three elected governors and 40 MCAs. So, this Fund will not be accessed by jokers. The threshold is sufficiently high to see to it that more parties access the Fund but not parties that are formed as commercial entities waiting for those who have failed to acquire nomination of their political parties---"
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