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    "id": 1499694,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "“The provisions of this Part shall not apply to a private fundraising appeal where the solicitation is made from members of the beneficiary’s nuclear family or relatives and does not extend to members of the public.” This Bill will allow us to sit as a family in Malinya and a family in Idakho and do our fundraising. What they are against is public fundraising. The law has gone further in Clause 9 to create a distinction between public and private fundraising. It is the public fundraising that we want to control. I, therefore, wish to appeal to colleagues; let us go through this proposal with a tooth comb, so that we can refine it for it to be better. Are you saying this thing is a joke? A few days ago, you saw none other than the Catholic Bishops in Kenya speak to this issue. In fact, in an unprecedented action. Archbishop Philip Anyolo, who for the information of this House is a man born in Shinyalu and he is the Archbishop here in Nairobi, has done the unthinkable. He has returned the money to politicians. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we are doing something that does not appeal to the public and knowing that Catholics control over 50 per cent of the Christians; they have permeated all our villages in country. They could possibly be the voice of the poor who we pretend to be assisting, when thieves are using that opportunity to sanitize money that they have stolen from our coffers, they may not accept our money. We must address it so that on Sunday, when I go to church, when all our other politicians go to church, including the Head of State, he can comfortably make his contribution without any worries as to the interpretation. This law has gone further. In Clause 11, they have put exemptions, and the exemptions are here. If you go to Clause 11, they tell you that money or property collected by or under the authority of a recognized representative of a religious association is exempted. It means once the law is through, we can then go to Archbishop Anyolo and give him our contribution to help the church be constructed. I would be the last person to fight the harambee spirit because if it had not been for the Kshs100 in 1976, which Mwilista Lihalang’ang’a gave me as a contribution to my harambee, I would not have finished my education in Musingu High School. Musingu High School, one of the top schools in this country. It was started by the spirit of harambee. Shiywe Hospital, which I have upgraded from a dispensary, was started by a harambee drive . Therefore, harambee is good. However, if unregulated, people will use it to sanitise the money they steal from us. I conclude by acknowledging that this is indeed a difficult decision to make. Someone who will not take trouble to read this Bill will think we are against charitable activity. No! One of the charitable organisations I belong to where I am a director, Touch Africa was started by the late Michael Kijana Wamalwa because he believed in touching people. We want to touch people, but with honour and not when taking advantage of them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill strongly. I propose that at the right time, we will come with proposals to amend it, so as to make it better. I thank you."
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