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    "content": "churches a long time ago. This has made young people at the universities to ask for money. In universities, when it is time to appoint student leaders, we have very many requests of those who want to vie. This is because they believe that for them to become, for instance, the Chairperson of Students Organisation of Nairobi University (SONU), they need Kshs15 million. These young people are very serious about it. They also want to have cars and are using harambees to do it. As we move on with this Bill, I hope that Sen. Anyang’-Nyong’o of Kisumu County has looked at it and seen that we are not coming up with a law so that we continue with our practices. If you want to become a student leader, you need to convince your fellow students with the issues that will ensure that they remain and enjoy the services of the university. However, we do not need politicians to give students money to carry out flashy campaigns and yet these are children who still need their parents to continue paying their school fees. We have to change this attitude since it has brought animosity. It has also divided us very much. As I conclude, we must ask ourselves whether we really need to continue holding harambees to support activities where the Government has already given resources. The Government has devolved resources to each county. Counties still have their local revenue which they have been collecting. This is money that the national Government does not question. Therefore, it is up to the county governments to budget and know what they will do in their five-year terms. However, Governors should not compete with the President when he gives money in harambees. The President could have collected money from friends and yet the Governor does not tell us where he got his money. I support the Bill and hope that we will bring clear amendments. If we are carrying out public activities, let us all sit down as leaders from our counties; from Members of National Assembly, Members of the County Assemblies, Members of the County Governments, the Senators and the Governor. Whether they like it or not, Sang’s Bill could have cured the problems we have today. We would have had clear blueprints in every county to work with. Therefore, I support."
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