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    "content": "ten or twenty years, and we have seen that especially in the last ten years of NARC administration and going forward in this Jubilee Administration. Infrastructure which I call hardware can be transformed very easily but the software such as cultural and value system is very difficult to change. The reason why we are over-legislating is because it has become impossible to change the way we see and do things unless there is a law. Take the example of our efforts to rid this country of the vice of corruption; we have enacted numerous laws and come up with numerous institutions and even fund them but people are still stealing public funds as we speak; people are still being dragged to court. Some people would argue that it is not the law we need but it is the value system, that is, the way people appreciate some of these vices in terms of their consequences. In some cultures, they do not even have an anti-corruption commission or an anti- corruption law but when the people are caught stealing public money, they are so embarrassed that they either resign from public office by themselves or they commit suicide. My argument is this; it is true that regulating fundraising may not help us solve all the challenges associated with the misuse of this system but given our society and the nature of the value system we have in our society, that is the only way we can get somewhere with this thing. Even corruption continues to straddle the fabric of our nation but at least, there is some restraint which has been brought by enacting the relevant anti- corruption legislation although there is still a long way to go. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I fully support this Bill and fully support the strengthening of the penal system in this Bill to make sure we allow harambees to people or institutions that require the support of the public to advance causes that are worthy to our national development. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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