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| | At last, funding for political parties |
 | | To qualify for funding, parties must be affiliate members of the CMD by either having a member of parliament, or five elected members of any local authority. |
 | | Parties currently Parties currently affiliated to CMD include the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), Kanu, Ford-Asili, Ford-People, National Labour Party, Sisi Kwa Sisi, Safina, Social Democratic Party and Shirikisho. |
 | | According to the funding programme formulated by the CMD, all the qualified parties will share equally 50 percent of the total amount that will be provided. |
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