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    "content": "Hon. Oluoch, I also hope so because I have seen you have quite some interest in that Act No.10 of 2011, if you can remember. There are some people who know it fairly well. I think there may be need for you to take lead in proposing amendments to that Act, especially with regard to utilisation of the Fund, so that political parties that are represented in the House can be separated from the normal operations of the political parties outside of Parliament. Political parties within Parliament do have some functions that they may wish to perform and it is important that, that Act recognises that, indeed, there is a parliamentary group of a party and it needs to be funded from that kitty. I think that particular aspect needs to be anchored in that law. I know currently it is not anchored and if you look at the schedule and the various other proposals that have come through circulars that came from the Registrar of Political Parties, they tend to limit the functions and the activities to only seminars in the villages and all manner of places. But they fail to recognise that the parliamentary group wing of a political party is an extremely important component of the political party and it may require some funding for some of its activities as an organ of the party. If that can be captured in that Act, it will be very useful to parties in the House."
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