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    "content": "do not just register but you need to make a follow-up to see if that has made a difference in that community. Monies have come through different organisations like Uwezo Fund which is governed by a Member of Parliament (MP). If I am an MP, I may just decide that this ward did not vote for me and so I will not pick groups from that ward. Even if I do, who will be the members of that group? I will make X the chairman of this group, Y the secretary and Z the treasurer. In another group, Y is the chairman, Z the treasurer. So, this money will revolve around these people; an elite kind of engagement. That means that the records will show that the money has gone to 30 groups but who are the members of the group? How come you can access money from different groups and no one notices? You will find me in four groups and because I can access or I am the son or daughter of the MP, I will access every Uwezo Fund tranche that comes every year through the four different groups that I am in. That can only be reduced or removed when we make the management of groups to be subject to regulation and scrutiny. This Bill, therefore, looks at how this has been organised before. Of course, we have the District Social Development Officers (DSDOs) at the county level but they are not enough. We need them to act as registrars of groups. We have looked at this Bill and I have talked to stakeholders. We have also had meetings with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and held many public participation retreats on this Bill. This is a concern for every person that I have talked to. The Ministry, of course, agrees that this has been lacking. However, they have also been skeptical on how we involve counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my argument is very simple. These groups are not in Nairobi but at the counties. So, we must include them in the management of the groups. That is why I link County Executive Committees (CECs) and you can see the role of the CEC in charge of the county. In fact, even the Council of Governors (CoG) has given its memorandum on the role that they would like to play and which we have looked at as a Committee. I have taken the appointment of registrars to the Public Service Commission (PSC) and I have given the requirements in Part 2 on the appointment of registrars and the registration. I had limited to 40 people in a group but I have since had very interactive sessions with members of the public and they feel that there are some welfare or Community Based Organisations (CBOs) that need to have more than 40 people. So, that is one amendment that we will do and not limit the number of members in a group. The issue of radicalization also came up during public participation to insulate the groups from misuse by different organizations in doing illegal activities, whether inside or outside the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the registrar has been tasked not only to provide model documents and code of conduct for good practice for groups but also to be involved in capacity building. When we give money and we do not educate members of the public on the spending, what it translates to is that we will be in a group of 40 and when we get Kshs40 000, we share it among ourselves. At the end of the day, there is no economic empowerment which is what the groups were meant to do. That is why out of Kshs1.3 Million groups, if a group audit is done, it will be found out that out about 600 are active this year, and a similar number will be registered next year. Therefore, we"
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