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    "id": 1151053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, Hon. Millie mentioned or pointed out important issues about the CWSK. We know that there have been a lot of interests in children affairs in this country. We know that there has been a lot of infighting within the Ministry and outside. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, what you have just read may be a letter which, with due respect, should have also been shared with the Committee so that the Committee can also be in the know of whoever is interested in that matter. I go by what Hon. Millie mentioned, that how it came to you, nobody knows; whoever initiated that letter, nobody knows, and what interest is there, nobody knows. This is something that requires further discussion, because this Committee has been doing a lot of research and discussions on this particular Society dating from the colonial times when it was created alongside the Red Cross in this country. The two societies existed during colonial times. We have carried them over. The current Act mentions the CWSK itself. We continue funding it, and the Society continues to participate in the budget process in this country, including the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). As a Committee, we have been having difficulties in knowing how to move on with the Society, other than by bringing it into law. This is what we are attempting; to bring it in law so that we can define its functions. What it is doing is not duplicating, in any way, what the ministry will be doing, or what who is supposed to be a regulator is doing. There is no duplication at all. There is infighting. We need your guidance on this. We know that there have been many infights. We know we have prevented child trafficking in this country through the CWSK. We have prevented the selling of our children outside this country for the purposes of removing internal organs and selling them to needy people in foreign missions. These infights are there. If we are going to look at one letter, if it is unconstitutional to have the CWSK in the Act, then even the current Act has a problem. This is where we need guidance. How do we move on? 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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