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    "id": 681052,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I strongly support this Bill. This is clear evidence that sometimes, as lawmakers, we pass laws in vain. This Act came into being in January 2013. Three years down the road, nothing has been done simply because the whole aspect of operationalising this law has been given to the Cabinet Secretary and he will only do it when he wants. Just because of the word “may” within the statement required his action, it is now three years down and nothing has happened to this law. It is a very good piece of law for this nation. The NGOs play a crucial role in developing our nation. For centuries, they have done such great work to the level where in some parts of this world, they are seen as the Government. This law will make this sector accountable. It will make the sector flexible in its operations and have very good governance in its operations. More than that, it will make NGOs accountable to the citizens, the beneficiaries as well as the State that regulates it. Because the CS is not willing to operationalise this law three years down the road, nothing is happening with this great law that we passed in 2013. It was passed just at the beginning of the life of this Parliament. There is a State corporation known as the NGO Coordinating Board, whose responsibility is to ensure that this law is effected, operationalised and sees to it that whatever we deem necessary by passing this law is realised. This Board seems not to be doing much because if they had pushed the CS to ensure that this law is operationalised by now, for sure, we would have seen great changes in how the NGO sector is managed and governed in our Republic. I strongly urge my fellow colleagues in the National Assembly to pass this law to show the CS and the Government of the day that, as lawmakers, we do not pass laws in vain. When we pass laws, we want those laws to be operationalised. We want the State to act because we want the benefits and the gains that are to result from that law to be realised by Kenyans. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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