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MPs reject push by Treasury to scrap political parties fund
A joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate listen to President Uhuru Kenyatta delivering his State of the Nation Address at Parliament buildings on November 30, 2021. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG
Parliament has rejected the Treasury’s push to scrap a fund that offers political parties at least 0.3 percent of Kenya Revenue Authority collections.
The Treasury had proposed that a framework be worked out jointly with political parties that ensures funding is not pegged on a specific percentage that is anchored in law.
