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    "id": 681080,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barchilei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Edwin Kipruto Barchilei",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to add my voice to this Amendment Bill. The Public Benefits Organisation Act, No.18 of 2013 is very important. Its problem and greatest disaster is its in-operation or dormancy. The Public Benefits Organisations (Amendment) Bill is a very good Bill whose intention is to operationalise this particular Act. When Members of Parliament pass a Bill and it remains in-operational it undermines the supreme authority that was given to Parliament to make laws. If Parliament can pass a law and a CS, who does not represent the interests of the people as Members do refuses to enforce it, he curtails the principles of representation. Therefore, I support this Bill to bring into operation the Public Benefits Organisation Act in order to allow NGOs or public benefit organisations to operate within the confines of the law. NGOs of various kinds play a major role in helping the needy in the society. If this law comes into operation, it will play a major role in this. I support this Bill and thank my colleague Hon. Neto for coming up with this noble idea to amend this Bill to operationalise the Act. I support the Bill."
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