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    "id": 242901,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/242901/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 166,
        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
        "slug": "martha-karua"
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    "content": "I want to agree with those who have contributed and said that there is a lot of money going through the NGOs sector. It is, therefore, necessary to ensure that there is total transparency and accountability. The Government is not the one to go into the NGO sector and do the accounting work for them. The NGOs should regulate themselves through the NGO Council. That is the way forward; that each sector should regulate itself. But for self regulation to be a reality, we need to have a legal framework so that people are held to the standards which have been set within that legal framework. If it is left to choice, human nature is such that even those who like to hold others to account, when it comes to their time to account, they will be shy to do so and will want to be given a blank cheque to do anything they wish to do. It is time we had adequate policy and also a legal framework to ensure that self regulation in the NGO sector becomes a reality. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we pass this Sessional Paper, for which I must commend the Ministry, I hope that we will look afresh at the NGO Management and Co-ordination Act to see its adequacy or lack of it and to see where we need to either make amendments to improve or strengthen the Act to ensure that there is self-regulation. With those few remarks, I beg to support this good quality Sessional Paper."
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