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"content": "by having all those categories, you can qualify by having one of the categories. So, we will be saying ‘or’ instead of ‘and’. That will help many parties in qualifying. There was the issue of how possible it is to implement Clause 17. We look into it. But I think one of the concerns that were raised is that we will need to make it clearer. What Clause 17 provides is a party list of nominees before the primaries, not after the primaries. That would mean that you are offering to Kenyans more persons who fall within the definition of special interest groups. I believe that if persons falling within the SIGs are given equal opportunity to address Kenyans and tell them why they want to get an opportunity to represent them in various institutions, it will be difficult to defeat some of them. We have only beaten them because we have denied them the same opportunities that exist to those of us who are not in that category. So, I think we will need to make it clearer so that Clause 17 speaks to the concerns of Members who spoke to it. There was an issue raised on a number of occasions by nominated Member Hon. Sossion on the issue of workers. I think that is clearly covered under Article 260. But that does not mean that we will not exercise our minds on it. We will try and see if we can address it if possible. Towards the end of the debate, the Member for Lari has brought out some very important aspect: That even as we think of sharing the political parties’ funds among the political parties that will have successfully fielded candidates to Parliament, we should not forget to look for ways of rewarding those other parties that will also have given an opportunity to others to expand the democratic space. They may not succeed by bringing Members to Parliament, but they help the country grow the democratic space that is available to these groups. I think it is an issue that we will need to look at and see whether there is room for it. I think it will help in growing that space. In conclusion, this Bill seeks to bring more actors in helping the special interest groups have representation in Parliament. We will continue improving. It has sunset clauses in some of the areas. One of the things that Members did not quite capture is that there are sunset clauses that bring affirmative action to an end, because you cannot have affirmative action forever. When that comes to an end, Parliament is being given an opportunity to see whether they can extend the period if we will not have achieved what the Constitution requires us to achieve. Because we will again have opportunity to address this Bill during the Third Reading, I wish to end my comments. I move and thank Members who have spoken to this Bill, one way or another, and who took their time to read through it and suggest improvements to it. I also thank members of the CIOC who worked hard to make sure that this Bill was available for Parliament to deal with. I again thank the Speaker for the guidance that he has continued to give us, and of course the session Speaker, yourself Madam Speaker. I thank you and I reply."
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