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    "id": 681150,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/681150/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Emanikor",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Akai Emanikor",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and to thank Hon. Neto for actually thinking of a way to operationalise the Bill that we passed three years ago. It was an emotive Bill and many people were waiting to see it in force. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, operationalisation of this Bill is very important and if we were just waiting for the whims of the Cabinet Secretary (CS), then we are doing a disservice to the people of Kenya knowing very well how much work the BPOs have done. When I grew up as a small girl in Turkana, we knew NGOs as our Government; actually NGOs and the church because of the work that they were doing. It is only later on that I learnt that NGOs were only complementing the work of the Government and actually bringing extra and additional resources that the Government so badly needs, including food security, water, security and even currently governance and accountability policy work and advocacy. It is a lot of work. In Kenya, we know how much work the PBOs have done in terms of social and political reforms in this country. We are talking of genuine checks and balances for the Government. Their work also serves very well as a gauge for democracy for this country. With those few remarks, I support this Bill. I am really looking forward to the operationalisation of the Act."
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