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    "id": 826393,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Imenti, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kathuri Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "The Special Funds Accounts Committee is one of the three watchdog committees in this Parliament. Our work is to ensure that this House fulfils its oversight role to enhance accountability, efficiency and effectiveness in application of public funds. At this time, you realise that the Executive, which is headed by His Excellency the President, is very keen on how public funds are spent. As a Committee, because we look at audited reports from the Auditor- General, our work is to ensure that we look at the reports and bring our reports to this House so that Kenyans can know how funds are being spent. The Political Parties Fund was established by the Political Parties Fund Act 2011, which actualised the provisions of Article 92 of the Constitution, which provides for the establishment and management of the Political Parties Fund. In order to improve our democracy and to enhance democratic space, political parties should be well funded. Because there is a law which has established how the funding should be done, that should exactly be followed to the letter. The purpose of the Political Parties Fund is to enhance democracy as I have said, through promoting representation in Parliament and county assemblies through election of women, persons with disabilities, youth, ethnic minorities and marginalised communities. This is in addition to promoting active participation by individual citizens in political life and covering election expenses. As you know, elections are very expensive and it is only through funding political parties, through the Exchequer that political parties can get funds to do their work. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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