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    "id": 1496876,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1496876/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
        "slug": "aaron-cheruiyot"
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    "content": "This Bill is replacing Chapter 106 of the Public Collections Act whose institutional architecture does not align with the devolved structures of the Kenyan Constitution and is not sufficiently robust to address corruption tendencies associated with public fundraising appeals. Further, the Public Collections Act excludes from its purview charitable and religious purposes, yet this forms a large component of harambees. Being specific to the point that I made, nobody is stopping fundraisers. They will be allowed. How they are conducted is the question at hand, especially the conduct of state and public officers like you and I. What is limit for participating in these fundraisers? It is not just us, but anybody aspiring to run for political office. The Bill is proposing that one cannot be allowed to do a fundraiser three years to an election. That applies to the rest of us too. If we pass this Bill as presently proposed, we will be barred from public collections of fundraisers or presiding over them. There are Members who are worried that if we stop them from doing fundraisers, we are giving a new advantage to their political competitors. I have seen the Senator for Kwale County, my good friend, Sen. Boy, worried that he is a state officer and if we stop him, his opponents will--- We are not stopping harambees, but only stating that public and state officers’ conduct needs to be checked. Nobody in the political space will bypass this law and survive its scrutiny so long as you are actively seeking for an election seat. Therefore, it is a level playing field. I remember what we were told at a certain time and agree with it. That if you to reduce corruption and have a better nation, reduce the influence of money in our politics. You do not need billions, Sen. Kavindu, for you to stand a chance to be elected in Machakos County."
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