George Gitonga Murugara

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Tharaka is my constituency, and Tharaka-Nithi is my County although both names are suitable, especially with my aspirations now to move to Tharaka-Nithi County. 11th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 48 Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA)Allow me to...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much. You are articulating so well. The first problem is, if there were 30 independents, they have nothing in common. If there are any ideologies, there are 30 different ideologies. The fund does not fund individuals. It only funds political parties. There...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) What do we do with the constitutional provision on political party funding and the formula of what they are supposed to get? We will also have to look at that so that we do not err.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much. I do not disagree. Unfortunately, this is Kenya and we are talking about the laws of Kenya. I have started by saying we will have to amend the Constitution and the Act. When we have not done so, we can only...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) No problem. He can inform me.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) I am talking about the wording of the Political Parties Act.

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish the two other speakers who contributed immensely to the Bill were here to hear some of the points in the reply. Hon. Peter Kaluma and Hon. Toroitich have just left. However, it will be in The...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this very important Bill that has emanated from the Senate. I must commend the Senate. For the first time, we are debating something serious from that House. Most of the time they have been...

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. (Question proposed)

Hon. George Murugara (Tharaka, UDA) All right. As I conclude, there will be room to propose amendments. The amendments have to be in consonance with constitutional provisions so that we do not have to make a statute that is possibly not going to see light of day when it goes...