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    "speaker_name": "24 Wednesday, 22nd August, 2012(A) Mr. Twaha",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, very recently, the Russian Federation passed a law which defined an NGO that is being financed by a foreign power as a foreign agent. The reason why I am saying that is because when we went to Bomas, Wanjiku had her say. But the process of formulating the Constitution was hijacked to a great extent by NGO forces. When a foreign power is financing an NGO to promote its ideologies, whether it is social engineering, political or economic engineering of another country, it is pursuing its own interests. But for Kenyans who run those NGOs, it is a borderline treason because you might be acting in the interest of the country or acting in the interest of your foreign master. As we speak now, one branch of the Government has already been taken over by people who were previously on the payroll of foreign powers. So, if we are going to be talking about such things as leadership and integrity, we have to expand the list of perceived offences to include people who the progressive Government of Russia has already defined as foreign agents. Because we were colonized by the British, we tend to look westwards for progressive ideas. But some of the progressive ideas come from the East and Russia is leading the way. This House, as a law making body, has a duty to pass the law to define those organizations or individuals who have been on the payroll of foreign governments to be classified as foreign agents and be disqualified from vying from certain jobs. That way, we will have a level playing field. The people who were agitating for the vetting and exclusion of certain people from vying for the positions are hoping to - after those people have been excluded - come over and take over this Parliament after they have taken over the Judiciary. So, I am supporting this Bill. I have confidence in our Government which was voted in by the majority of the people of Kenya from both sides of the divide. If it is the collective wisdom of the Cabinet that this Bill is the best for Kenya, I support it."
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