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    "id": 691401,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "people who have rights, but as clients who we can only empower by giving them some money. To that extent, I have a problem with a situation where people want to give out and shout about it. Why is it that we cannot give money in harambees in confidence or give a donation without shouting about it? The former President Mwai Kibaki, truthfully speaking, did a very good job. He was not known with this culture of giving out contributions in harambees . I also know that if we politicise harambees, poor people can never become Members of Parliament because we are now going to start evaluating leaders on the basis of how much money they have. So, you find a poor person can never become a Member of Parliament. He can never become a Member of County Assembly (MCA), which is very unfair. We need to evaluate people on the basis of leadership skills and not how much they can give through harambees . In any event, how much money can we give out to harambees and sustain development? Most likely, it is an iota of the problems which our people are facing. I belong to the school of thought that it is the State that should be allocating resources and not individuals. Of course, it is also unfair that you, as a leader, at times, may find a situation where a person is so desperate that it is so inhuman for you to fail to support that person, but why shout about it? The Bible says blessed is the hand that giveth than the one that taketh. It also says very clearly that you should not go shouting about your goodness. Why can you not give it in silence? I recall very well a verse in the Bible where Jesus was talking about three people who went to pray. He was saying that one person went there saying how he helps poor people and how he does so many things in public. Jesus was very unhappy with such kind of a person. You could see in his teachings Jesus was very unhappy with such kind of a person. You could see in his teaching Jesus was very clear that when you want to do good, do not shout about it. God is going to bless you without you going to a public market and saying how you have done good things. In my assessment, this idea where politicians go giving out money and shout about it is not only morally indefensible, but it should also be encumbered by a law. To that extent, the spirit of the law makes some sense. Yes, we should proceed with"
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