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    "id": 837809,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I note the importance of the vote that we are supposed to take. I will just finish moving in the next five minutes. I have my seconder, Sen. Halake. I could not get a better seconder than her since she was the Deputy Director of KRCS, deputizing Mr. Abbas Gullet. Therefore, I think she is well versed with the society. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will go straight to the gist of this Motion. It is trying to find a way where the county and national governments can work in collaboration to see to it that the activities of the KRCS are seamlessly funded so that the Government has a role in the activities that this organization undertakes. We cannot leave this extremely important exercise that they play to depend entirely on donor funding. We will be taking a big risk. If this Motion is passed, I intend to come up with a Bill which we will be working on with Sen. Halake to see that we put this into proper legislation. Financing for this organisation has been a challenge with several appeals. In other jurisdictions, government provides direct financial support to the Society because of the pivotal role it plays in alleviating human suffering and offering first response to victims of various disasters. Recently, I saw that the President had donated Kshs1 billion from the Government to the Kenya Red Cross Society. I want to believe that, that was to go towards the victims of the clashes in the Mau area. That was a good gesture, but we cannot leave this to the whims of the leaders that are in office at that particular time. We The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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