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    "id": 1149439,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Hon. Chairman, I actually just wanted to clarify to the Chair. If you actually look at my amendment, it is not taking the power from the council, but it says: “No person shall run a child welfare programme that is not in the best interest of the child.” Then in that case, it means that the council can then decide that these and these programmes are not in the best interest of the child, but when you decide and tell the council that they are the ones who will tell you “Run a programme on Female Genital Mutilation” or “Run a programme on early marriage”… We know a lot of NGOs are supported by donors and your donor may not support that. So, how will you run a programme that you do not have money for or you have been funded to run specific programmes and the council is telling you do another? Doing it does not take away the power of the council, but we are wording it in a manner that gives room that the council can then provide for programmes that are not in the best interest of the child. However, it also says that where that is not done, you can deregister once you have given these people an opportunity to be heard, instead of just saying the council has said “Do not run this programme and if you run it we jail you.” The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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