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    "id": 1499702,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "charge of Foreign Affairs has decided to give immunity status to one charitable organisation called the Melinda Gates Foundation. One word caught my attention when it came to the reason for giving that immunity. This is a charity organisation that has been set up to fight poverty. This is why we are giving them immunity. This immunity only extends to expatriates who come and work in this country. However, Kenyans who would have been co-opted to work in that company would not be immune. Come on. Why are we creating these different classes? Why are we profiling people? So, I want to support and plead with the Majority Leader because he is one young man who is intelligent and has managed to change a lot of things. During the Committee of the Whole Stage, let us change the proposed legislation. Let us strictly regulate charitable organisations. Once we regulate those charitable organisations, the role of counties can now come in. We all know our counties. We all know the status of our counties. We are informed by Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 and the current situations of our Division of Revenue Bill, our County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), how money is divided, the debate that we have on a daily basis of how we divide revenue, whether by the size of the land or by the number of people who are there. We are also informed by the Kenya Bureau of Statistics, which tells us about the poverty in our counties. Why can we not ensure that charitable organisations set up to work in every county are helped, assisted and registered based on the circumstances of each county? There will be no interest in you supporting a charitable organisation that is coming to Narok to count wild animals. What for? But if you tell me that you will go to West Pokot and ensure that you are funding a charitable organisation that brings people together for cohesion and makes sure that it supports education, I will be among the first ones to say, \"Let us go for it.\" In conclusion, I would like to see this Bill become law. However, let us make it so that it does not profile people or keep us stagnating. Let us now think like these developed nations that want to sponsor this charity organisation. As I wind up, many of these charity organisations will raise a billion dollars and say they will fight poverty in Africa. They will speak for Kenya and give Kenya US$200 million. I will tell you a fact that you can check. By the time that money lands in Kenya, 80 per cent has gone into administration. Only 20 per cent is what ends up fighting poverty. I am quite versed in this area. I want to support the Majority Leader in regulating charitable organisations. We want to make it easy for people to improve their standards of living. If today I want to go to Senator Kipsang's home and support a local church there, should I be regulated to do so? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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