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    "id": 826418,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The audited reports as they have been tabled by the able Committee in this House reflect good progress in terms of our aspiration to grow political parties. It is unfortunate that experience is the best teacher. We are reading from very nasty experiences like what my colleague has talked about in KANU, which was the strongest party and with infrastructural developments almost everywhere. However, one big mistake that we are making with the political parties is that we are still allowing them to belong to particular party leaders. If KANU was the baba na mama of those days, even if baba went, the mother should have remained around to nurse or look after the babies. Because we willingly put it in the hands of an individual, once baba went, KANU with all the large infrastructural development and big names is almost wiped out. Similarly, we are putting a lot of taxpayers’ money in the hands of individuals. Because of lack of proper audit that would follow up and make sure that the money that is given to political parties is spent properly for the purpose of growing the parties, you find that within a short time, if the party leader is changing to a different party, that party dies. The money also disappears and there is no trace of it. We cannot talk about the money that Hon. Kioni and the now ANC leader were given during those days. He cannot account for it properly because he was the deputy party leader by name. He did not even contribute much in growing up the party so there are no traces of what happened to that party during his tenure. I want us to learn from the past and make sure that whatever money that is given to political parties is used to grow democracy. It should be used properly for parties to grow. Political parties must be managed by able leadership that must emanate from grassroots election to the pinnacle of the party."
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