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"content": " The basis of my amendment was basically to try and correct a technical…"
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Patrick Mariru",
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"content": " Do not speak to your amendment, speak to Hon. Kioni’s. We shall give you a chance to speak to yours when the time comes."
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"content": " The Bill was talking about 53 per cent share but it seems they have increased that share to 73 per cent. I want to agree that this is a very fundamental change. In fact, in the first place, when I read this Bill, I wondered why we were attempting to amend substantially the section in the Political Parties Act that talks about the Political Parties Fund. Essentially, this Bill is about Article 100. So, if you want to bring in issues of sharing of the Fund in the Political Parties Fund, it is hugely fundamental. I agree that it is important for us to relook at the Political Parties Act but not through this one. I oppose this amendment."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Patrick Mariru",
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"content": " Let me go to my right. It looks like this Clause has quite a bit of interest. That is why I am lingering on it a bit. Hon. Kimunya."
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"speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am opposed to this amendment partly because of the ambiguity contained within it. If you look at Section 25(1), which talks about distribution, the provisions of sub-section 2 on the conditions for a party to receive money are even worse. The party has to have two-thirds in terms of office bearers, which is the same two-thirds rule that we have been unable to legislate on in this House. It also says that the party should have a party nomination list. There are a lot of things there. The party has to have at least a governor, five elected Members of Parliament and 12 elected Members of county assemblies. You are creating a hurdle that a party could actually win the presidential seat and miss this, and then they cannot participate in the Political Parties Fund. Perhaps, Hon. Kioni, this may be well meaning but the drafting has changed it all. Perhaps it may need to be withdrawn and then redrafted afresh as an amendment to the Political Parties Act. I am also very concerned that we are using one Act to amend another Act instead of amending the main Act itself. There have been rulings on that yet we are doing it. It is not a Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. This is a standalone Bill but we are now using it to amend other Acts of Parliament instead of going to those particular Acts, especially on matters political. We need to be very careful when we touch on the Political Parties Act. Let us come here with proper amendments to the Political Parties Act so that we look at in totality rather than through the issue of special interest groups and then we end up amending the funding mechanism of political parties. I oppose."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Patrick Mariru",
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"content": " We will have two or three Members then we make progress. Hon. Mbui, I know you have an amendment but I will give you a chance to speak to Hon. Kioni’s. Let us have Hon. Junet first."
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"speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this issue is very serious. I oppose this amendment. It says that 73 per cent of the Fund proportionately shared among all the political parties, subject to subsection (2). They are saying a party must have one governor, 12 MCAs and five MPs. Can you imagine a party calling itself a political party with 12 MCAs out of 1,450 MCAs in the country, and you want to call that a serious political party that needs to be funded by taxpayers’ money with five Members of Parliament out of a parliament of 416 Members? You are telling me that a political party that has five Members 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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"speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
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"content": "should be given taxpayers’ money to run its affairs? I beseech the Chair to withdraw. We do not need to vote on this one. We must have serious political parties like ODM in this country. In fact, this afternoon, I came to this House basically to shoot down this amendment because this is an affront to democracy. How can you have a party like United Democratic Forum Party (UDF), to which the Chairman used to belong, which died long time ago? If they were funded by taxpayers’ money, by now they would be down. Secondly, you see his sequence of things. He started by saying it is not a must for a party to have a website. Then, it says it must be funded. Do not joke with our intelligence. Get rid of this thing and withdraw it, Chair."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Patrick Mariru",
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"content": " Let us hear Hon. Mbui. He has an amendment to this clause. Not on yours Hon. Mbui. It is on Hon. Kioni’s amendment."
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"speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
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"content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair for the opportunity. As I speak, I want to first declare that I am a member of the Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya (WDM-K) and not a briefcase party. The WDM-K is the third largest party in Kenya. We came to Parliament through a coalition arrangement. There was hope that all parties would get some money and, therefore, get some share out of the money for that. Anyway, on the issue of this amendment…."
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