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    "content": "services. The funnier one, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is on Page 2022: Have you ever had an application for a certificate of clearance or a certificate of good conduct or for a visa rejected? How can the rejection of an application for a visa have a bearing on your leaderhip? Many Kenyans are routinely rejected when they apply for visas to many embassies in this country for no reason. They do not even give reasons. So, if you are denied a visa, then---This self-declaration, under Clause 13(2), its value is not indicated. One would imagine that if you are denied a visa, then you will be blocked from standing for elections. That is why it is in the law. If it is, I think those who want to bring amendments at the Committee Stage should look at those kind of clauses very careful because they do not make a lot of sense both in law and in fact. Another clause I want to point out is with regard to public collections – Clause 18. I think we need to qualify this. I know we have said that in the run up to elections, Members of Parliament and those who want to stand in elections should not participate in public collections. However, after elections, I think as public servants, we have a duty to engage in public collections for funerals, school fees and certain social issues that we all know. There are many people out there who require us to sit together. The country that everybody has been falling head over heels to copy, the USA, is the biggest fundraising arena anywhere anybody can think of. Why should we criminalize certain activities---?"
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