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    "id": 1496936,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 194,
        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
        "slug": "oburu-odinga"
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    "content": "we flew there. Some of them came in choppers; the ones we are talking about. We raised millions of moneys and deposited there. We thought we would continue to be raise money until we complete the project. Two years later, I was told there is nothing on the ground. When I asked about it, I was told that the principal of the school who was there when I was raising money had already retired and, therefore, there was nobody to account for the money. I also had an occasion where we raised money through NG-CDF for a project of an ablution block. I went with officers from the Education Office, the County Council and from my office. The teacher was so embarrassed to see us. He was showing us the same project that a harambee had been done, where NG- CDF had paid money and the national Government had paid money through the Ministry of Education. It was very unfortunate because I carried all these officers with me. When we were there, the education officer was asking Mwalimu that he thought that was done by their money. The county council officer was also saying that it was done by money from Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF). I was also saying that it was done by a harambee and NG-CDF. There is so much corruption, particularly on harambees. The harambees need to be regulated and audited, including public institutions. We do not have to throw money there because it is good for our people. It is not helping our people. It is very easy to mismanage that kind of money without regulation. That is why I support this. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is another aspect why we need to regulate these harambees. Some public officer who are supposed to offer free service to the people use harambees to get money from the public. For example, when you go to a chief for a burial permit for your dead and your bereaved, they are supposed to give you the permit for free. However, you will find that he has a harambee book for his home church and when you give him your case for either a land case or a dispute, he produces that and says, “Mheshimiwa, I also have a small harambee for my church. Can you please give me something small for this harambee?” You will not give voluntarily, but because you need him to give you the service, which he is supposed to be giving free. Therefore, public officers including us, must be regulated. I support the spirit that public officers should not be allowed to be guests of honour in harambees. They should go to harambees and contribute their own money. They should not go to harambees and say, “that is contribution from my friends and I.” Who are your friends? We do not know how you got those friends. Why not ask your friends to also contribute directly to those harambee? Why are you coming there to say, “My friends and I?” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not like this idea that elected leaders are the source of money. That they are the ones with money and whenever you go to pray in a church, a small harambee will be created for you. Public officers should be banned from being guests of honour in harambees, but they can participate in harambees. Harambees should not be banned, but regulated. When public officers The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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