{"id":807160,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/807160/?format=json","text_counter":121,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Baringo North, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. William Cheptumo","speaker":{"id":50,"legal_name":"William Cheptumo Kipkiror","slug":"william-kipkiror"},"content":"I appeared before the Budget and Appropriations Committee and made a presentation on the various agencies under my Committee. One of the presentation which I made before the Committee is the need for this House to avail Ksh2.7 billion because that is the money which ought to be allocated to the political parties. That is 0.3 per cent. I recall that very day that Hon. Mbadi and the other Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee were very keen to listen to me. I want to say that this is the House that should set example. We cannot deny the political parties resources and then we blame the National Treasury. I want to put it very clearly that my Committee, as you ably said, is the one responsible for this. We made a very clear presentation to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. In the process, we were allocated Kshs370 million and we were left with a balance of Ksh2.4 billion. Therefore, I would like to support the proposal by the Members who have spoken before me that there is need... Our political structure is guided by political parties. How do we strengthen these parties if they do not have resources?"}