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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As a Member of the Special Funds Accounts Committee, I rise to support this Report. Political parties play a pivotal role towards advancement of democratic ideals. At the same time, they are established with a view to seizing power and controlling the instruments of Government. The freedom that we enjoy to this day has been perpetuated, to a larger degree, by political parties. Therefore, their participation in our advancements cannot be properly underscored. We have heard about funding issues. It was put in law, unequivocally, that out of the revenues collected by the Government, we should apportion 0.3 per cent towards political parties. What we noted during the course of our interrogation of reports from the Auditor- General is that a paltry 0.1 per cent is allocated to political parties. Even though it should be based on what has been collected by the Government. They use a formula that first deducts what goes to county governments and the Equalisation Fund. What is left is what goes to political parties. Besides that, there has been a continual allocation of a specific Fund in terms of the 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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