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    "id": 1496899,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "those of us who grew up in the village to go to school, build cattle dips and have good places of worship at the end of the day. Let us not lose that good intention. I will comment on the issue of solicitating members for public or private benefit. I know people who do fundraising for their own selfish benefit and we must root out such individuals. If you conduct a harambee, it should be for something good. We do not want Kenyans to conduct a harambee in order for them to buy a vehicle, build a house or buy a good suit. We agree that harambees are important because they assist in alleviating economic burdens. The other thing is regulation of harambees. I have insisted that we should know the target. In fact, I will be proposing in the Committee of the Whole that if the target of a harambee is beyond Kshs1 million, then a permit should be issued, but if it is below Kshs1 million, then you can just notify the local administrator such as the chief or mzee wa mtaa . This, as it is now, would require a small village somewhere in Siaya County to get a permit to raise Kshs100,000 or Kshs150,000. I know funeral expenses are expensive because it is quite an elaborate process in Luo-Nyanza. However, why would people who are fundraising for Kshs250,000 require a permit? The permit should be left to those people who want to collect Kshs1 million and above. Let us leave the process of approval within the NGAO administration or the CECM. Next is the lifestyle audit. The people who use these fundraisers to launder public money should be audited. If lifestyle audit is done, then we do not need this law. We should conduct this audit on individuals who are suspects. I am rushing through so that my colleagues can also get a chance. Next is Clause 11. Yesterday, the Members of Nandi County Assembly disagreed when the ad hoc report was being tabled. The report tried to redeem the county from bad governance of Governor Sang. People are stealing in order to give funds in public. People are stealing county money to go and conduct big fundraisers. In fact, my governor contributes Kshs1,000,000 or Kshs500,000 in public harambees, yet we know how much his salary is. That is how corruption thrives in Nandi County. I thank the great people of Nandi County for coming out in large numbers yesterday and staying up to midnight to defend and protect their rights. I want to tell the church and the religious organizations that sadaka"
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