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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mutambu",
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        "legal_name": "Joe Musyimi Mutambu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Actually, the Member for Homa Bay has taken almost two of my minutes. I stand to oppose this Bill for simple reasons. All of us come from different backgrounds and not every community has the means like the other. I was listening keenly to my good friend, Hon. Kajwang’ who supported this Bill. It is very easy for a Member from Hon. Kajwang’s constituency to walk to Lake Victoria and fish a few fish and make some money out of it. However, most of us have come from a background whereby we have been educated using money contributed in Harambees . Our country’s motto and Coat of Arms is “ Harambee ”, unless we remove it and kill it then we start making these laws. We are forgetting where we have come from. We are breaking laws in this House which tend to suggest that those who have been helped or those who have come from certain backgrounds - I do not want to revisit the issue of party- hopping - should help. Most of the people who are here have gone to school through Harambees and now they are telling us to stop contributing for others. The people I represent from Mwiki hardly make their ends meet. Most of them live under 10 USDollars a month and they cannot afford to take their children to school. This Bill is going to deny me an opportunity to help that poor child go to school. I thank Hon. Katoo ole Metito for telling the Members of Parliament, other elected leaders and civil servants not to contribute and we leave it to the people who want to challenge us to terrorise us for four years, making their names known all over by doing Harambees while I am gagged. I cannot even stand anywhere in a congregation and contribute anything to the community. If I do so, I will be tarnishing my name. So, I oppose it for that simple reason. Regulations must be there and we will support them. However, to say that we are going to bar Members from contributing or doing Harambee, you will not see most of us in this House come next general elections. People have taken advantage of those who are contributing to the development of the society and that is the way to guage a leader nowadays and before. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta used the word “ Harambee ” everywhere, which means “pooling together and putting resources together”, whether it is financial or material. If we are barred, we are going to victimise poor people who need to go to school. When we talk of the 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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