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    "id": 826509,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/826509/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Keiyo South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Rono",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kipkogei Rono",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to support this Report on funding of political parties. In my opinion, it is a good Report but it should not be used to open a Pandora’s Box for every Tom, Dick and Harry to register a political party. Like my colleague has said, we should narrow down to those political parties that manage to bring Members of Parliament to the National Assembly, failure to that, they should not get any funding. I also support the Member who said that it reduces corruption. If the Government does fund political parties, people are motivated to get money from all over the place to fund their political parties. My colleague said he may even end up selling his camels. Those from my community may end up selling goats to be able to fund political parties. Political parties in Kenya are, unfortunately, for individual. If you look at ODM, ODM is Raila, and Raila is ODM. In Wiper, Kalonzo is Wiper and Wiper is Kalonzo. We need to move out of that. We want rules and regulations to be put in place so that a party can stand on its own and not be owned by an individual. If the guy falls or moves, that is the end of the party. I was talking to my colleague the other day and I asked him what will happen to ODM now that they shook hands with Jubilee. The Hon. Member told me clearly that come the 2022 General Election, he believes each party will have to stand on its own. I asked him what will happen if Hon. Raila Odinga does not vie. He said: “Whatever party Hon. Raila vies on, that is the party. If he decides to call it Chamacha Mapinduzi, that will be the end of the story of the ODM.” So, we need to get out of this 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."
}