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    "id": 504083,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "forward. This formation of this society will give the members of the public a door through which they can walk in and interact with former hon. Members so that they can get ideas on how to organize themselves in their mindset so that they can go into careers as politicians and leaders. This society will also give, at any one time, published reports even on a monthly basis to give us the status of our democracy and the status of our economy. Those are people who are sitting out there but they are analysts because they understand the process of politics and the dynamics within the economics of the country and they are able to give expertise views. The country right now is going through very difficult times in terms of security. I can assure you that some of them seated out there will be able to give views that can help and guide the policies of this country for us to tame that insecurity. For that reason, this society can be a means within which Kenyans can get knowledge and test how democracy and devolution are doing. Some of us seated here today are very busy in day to day running. Yes, we defend devolution. We defend our democracy but it is sometimes important and I wish that we could get a report on a monthly basis that says how well or how not well we are doing as a country and what we need to improve. I think that kind of a report can be published by experts who have been involved in the process of policy making and guiding the economy. Using former hon. Members can help members of public to interact with the National Assembly and the Senate. There are members of the public out there who wish to draft petitions, for example, or those who wish to propose Motions or do certain things and they want to bring issues to the Floor of this House. Sometimes, they do not have the opportunity to speak to an hon. Member or a person who is currently sitting in the Senate or the National Assembly. But now they can walk into that society and interact because this Bill also proposes that amongst the members of that society will be appointees of this House. This House will appoint people to sit in that particular membership. For that reason, the public will also have the opportunity to interact and bring the things that they want to propose to Parliament and therefore, get an opportunity to participate in the process of guiding this country as envisaged in our Constitution. Finally, corporations or large corporates can also use this particular body to get people to lobby. We need to lobby in a positive way, not necessarily in a negative way. What can they do? Those large corporations also have the ability to guide the Government on some very important issues, particularly issues to do with tax, how we can better propose tax measures that can move this country forward without hurting our industries. This particular body can be used by those corporates as well to bring in those ideas on board and to bring it to Parliament so that we can make better tax regimes that favour both our private sector as well as ensuring that we get the revenues that we want. The NGOs also wish to have civil rights society and their policies lobbied for and to ensure that Parliament brings those issues for deliberation and discussion. This body will be the best avenue for that particular forum. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill, it is a very important Bill. Thank you."
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