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    "id": 691433,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "But, because we come from communities that are largely poor, most of them rely on fundraising. Unfortunately, we have very many unscrupulous people who have used this process of fundraising to con the public and especially leaders through fundraisings. There is no way any leader in Kenya can distance themselves from fundraising. As we speak, I can give you the average deaths in Mbita Constituency per weekend as a minimum of 15, totaling to about 60 people per month. There is no fund, NGCDF or otherwise that helps the public deal with the deaths. I have been in a situation where I was utterly shocked because there are times the public used to tell me, “ Mhe . this is a very pathetic case.” I did not understand because some of us when we have Kshs.3,000 we burn it over a drink and do not think much of it. Most of those people cannot afford money for a coffin, or a dress for the dead to be given a decent burial. There is one case that remains completely etched in my memory. As I was campaigning I was told there was somebody who had died up the hill. We climbed up there and she had been in her house for two days because there was no transport to take her to a morgue, there is nothing. To-date when I think about it, it was a very pathetic case. When dealing with that case, that is why I want to disabuse Hon. Mutambu when he says that in my community, we put fish and remove water. The fishing communities are some of the poorest communities in this country especially because of dwindling stocks of fish and the changing policies on fisheries in Kenya. Aqua culture has moved to other parts of the country whereas our areas have been left to rely on nature. Nature is not very friendly. Indeed in the morning, I was cracking a joke on my face book page and said that “The Jubilee Government is utterly corrupt, they have even corrupted the weather, and today in Nairobi, the weather is completely cold.” It was on a light note but that is the reality we are living in. We have very pathetic situations with extremely poor people and within that context you cannot have a structured fundraiser where you have a national and county office. I would have to add another role to my legislative role which is to seek permission from a national 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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