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    "id": 681042,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/681042/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Diriye",
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        "legal_name": "Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed",
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    "content": "they also provide employment and grow the economy. By this law coming into force, it will help in establishing an administrative and regulatory framework within which PBOs can conduct their affairs. It will also help in encouraging PBOs to maintain high standards of governance, transparency and accountability and to improve those standards. The coming into force of this very important Act, which has been in limbo for the last four years, will help in the creation of an environment within which the public may have access to information concerning registered PBOs. It will also help in promoting the spirit of cooperation and shared responsibility within the Government and among donors and other interested persons in their dealings with PBOs. The PBO Act will also give meaningful protection to the internationally-recognised freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly. It will also help to promote the development of self-regulation among PBOs. This Act should be operationalised as soon as possible because it will help promote compliance by PBOs with their legal obligation in order to exercise effective control and management of the administration of their activities and funding. It will help the Government to manage this sector better. Right now, we are using an outdated law which is not compliant with our new Constitution. It is very important that this law is brought into force, so that the operations of the NGO sector or the PBO sector as they would be called under this sector, are streamlined and are in compliance with the new Constitution. This Act will also help facilitate a constructive and principled collaboration between PBOs, the Government, businessmen, donors and other sectors in order to advance public interests. Coming from a community in northern Kenya which is characterised by remoteness, difficult to reach even by the Government, at times a challenging security environment, where services from the Government are rarely available or accessible, these NGOs have been penetrating even remote areas to provide very important lifesaving services like health, education and water. Therefore, it is very important to operationalise the Act and do justice to our people and the country at large. Otherwise, we will be doing a disservice to our people by continuing not to operationalise the Act."
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