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    "id": 850593,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, KNC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Onyiego",
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        "legal_name": "Silvanus Osoro Onyiego",
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    "content": "Finally, these purported major parties should be honest. They have received money from the Political Parties Fund. They need to be honest with themselves and share. If it is NASA, share with the other political parties that were with you. Do not say: “Now that we were short-changed, we will also short-change you.” They should share this money with the other parties that were with them. If it is the Jubilee Party, we saw His Excellency the President wearing caps of different small parties. The Jubilee Party should equally share the money with the other smaller parties so that they can also grow. If we support this political funding by the State, we also need to look at ourselves in the House. I heard my colleague yesterday say that we need to continue giving out contributions every month to the political parties. In my view, if the Government is supporting the political parties, we need now to restructure that political parties should also not be taking money from Members of Parliament to run their affairs. What are you running? This is because the money is already given by the Government. Why should you make Members contribute on the already- paid-for bill? This money is meant for the bills like wages for the staff members and it is enough to settle everything. As I said, these are personalised parties. So, it is actually enough. It is about four people working in those parties. The other offices that you see around are actually just for image purposes. So, I oppose the contribution made by Hon. Members every month because it is actually unnecessary. The Government settles that and that should be what we should actually be supporting. With that, I support this Motion but we need to review. All political parties that have Members of Parliament in the House should be funded."
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