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    "id": 1499692,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Sen. Mungatana, I do not think that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale meant that. Indeed, if you remember, during the debate on the State of the Nation, none other than the Hon. Senators were of the view - and after listening - that there could be dirty money that is making its way into the harambees. Therefore, it is important to bring transparency to the harambees; it is decent to do some accountability in the way we do these harambees. Out of that concern, this House is going to resolve that action is taken. One of them is basically to legislate and bring sanity to the harambee space. So, yes, there is that general perception that not everybody who contributes to harambee is a thief, but as you know from my use of a Kiswahili saying, “Samaki mmojaakioza, bahari nzima imeoza.” This particular piece of legislation is to address that particular one, if and when there are 1,000 wonderful people. At least this particular person who we are not sure of his sources of funds, such funds should not make its way into the hands of the public. That is why this law is proposed. I do not think that the Hon. Senator for Kakamega County had an ill motive in saying that some of these monies are dirty. That money could have fixed a bad road. If at all it ended up in the wrong hands, it is that money that is coming at the tail-end to bury that victim of that very bad road; that came as a result of the money that had been stolen. So, it is that space that we are trying to clean up. There are good people who will bring their hard-earned money and those questionable amounts that still find a way. Therefore, to make sure that we have good money in this harambee ecosystem, the proposed law is just to sanitise that space. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you may proceed."
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