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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "are not sustainable. As we develop, our society is now more capitalistic. The era of thinking and caring for the community in terms of financial welfare is becoming smaller and for that reason, the State must now take over those responsibilities. We must deal with the harambees menace. In some cases, harambees have been subject to abuse. They have been used by many people who use different names to raise funds for other purposes. If funds raised under very difficult circumstances are being abused, then controls proposed by this Bill are very good. I must say here that this Bill does not entirely cancel harambees, but it says that they should be regulated. It also provides that there should be mechanisms for complaints and abuses so that the National Committee for Fundraising Approvals can look at the merits of the issues being solicited for funds. They can then approve them accordingly. There are also mechanisms for handling complaints. I want to say that the harambee menace has been the root cause of corruption in this country. For example, with the kind of salary that I earn, where do I get money to contribute Kshs1 million in harambees every weekend? We must ask ourselves that question? It would certainly not be from genuinely earned sources. Politicians are ‘soft’ and they are sometimes compelled to attend those harambees . They end up looking for ways to get that money and, in my view, those are some of the root causes of corruption. I have always told the people of Balambala that they must learn to live within their means, either from an individual or a society point of view. That spirit must be followed. Hon. Speaker, I beg your indulgence before I say something: This is a House of records and yesterday, when I was out of the Chamber, I am told that somebody claimed that he will come to vie in Balambala Constituency. I want to say very clearly that every Kenyan is free to contest anywhere. It will go into history though. My friend on the other side now wants to leave the town to vie in the village since he refers to us as rural politicians. No one should lie to this noble House that there is a clan issue in Garissa County. Votes are determined by the Kenyan people democratically."
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