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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there has been a lot of hue and cry about some of the activities of those NGOs. They spring up with dubious forms of activities, such as the \"miracle babies\" of the famous Deya Ministry. We do not know what such NGOs do. But if you go on the ground, you will find that those NGOs operate using orphans. The word \"orphan\" has been the 2114 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 13, 2006 most misused by the NGO world in this country. Children who are orphans have been used to get money by the NGOs. Once that money is given, it is siphoned! It does not benefit the Kenyan community. Children are being misused. We hear of all sorts of atrocities committed at the homes of orphans by executives and board members running them. Orphanages need to be scrutinised thoroughly because that is where the money gets lost. The money meant for those orphans does not reach them. Even the money meant to help the needy does not reach them. It ends up in the pockets of a few board members who run those homes. As a result, those orphans are not brought up in a proper manner. I know of several such homes that have collapsed, but the amount of money that has been put into them is colossal. It can run this Government for several years. Those homes operate for three or fours years and then collapse. If they are properly audited, you will be shocked to learn that the money spent can run this Government. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to mention something about money laundering activities by the Al Qaeda . It was discovered that, that happened through NGOs. Recently, it must have escaped the ears and eyes of my neighbours from Kisii, but an American had to travel all the way with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to monitor the amount of money that was going into Kisiiland from the United States of America (USA), through something that they thought was an NGO. The NGO was operating in Kisii Town. When they reached Kisii Town, they found out that the millions of shillings that were going into Kisiiland were not being channelled through that NGO. They came knowing that there are big NGOs operating in Kisiiland! But they were siphoning that money! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in essence, that is why we should regulate the money that is coming from overseas. We should have the means to follow up and audit those accounts either discreetly or overtly, to know where the money has come from and what it is intended to do. If that is happening in other countries, why not Kenya? It is only in Kenya where you can bring in Kshs1 billion, do what you want and take it out without anybody querying you. Recently, we heard about billions of shillings coming into Kenya. Even the Mamlukis were bringing money in the country. The Government has not set up a machinery to monitor amounts of money that come into the country and yet, it monitors a mere peasant at home with Kshs100,000. People operate in this country with billions of shillings without anybody monitoring it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, this Sessional Paper should include the monitoring and regulation of money coming in. Whether it is clean or laundered money going to the NGOs, a regulation should be put in place. This will be one way of enabling the Government to know how NGOs bring in their money and spend it. At the end of an NGO's operations in a particular area, an audit should be carried out to evaluate the work already undertaken. If Kshs200 million, for example, was brought by the NGO, the Government must find out how it was spent. As an hon. Member said, whenever some of the NGOs are winding up, some of their property is distributed to individuals. At the time of winding up, the board members should not be given haphazardly whatever property the NGO had acquired. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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