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    "id": 837814,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for giving me this opportunity to second the Motion moved by Sen. Khaniri. Allow me to thank him for bringing this Motion. As has been said here, it is a very important Motion. Yes, I was the immediate former Deputy Secretary-General of the Kenya Red Cross Society. I was privileged to serve Kenyans in the humanitarian space through a most wonderful organisation like that. There are around 190 Red Cross societies around the world, but the Kenya Red Cross Society is one of the best in the entire globe. Kenya should be very proud of some of its institutions, because the Kenya Red Cross Society as we have been told by Sen. Khaniri, is one of the major organisations that are doing great amount of work, not just in disaster management but also in many developmental spheres as well. He has listed that and I am not going to belabour it as I have been told that I have a very short time. The Kshs7 billion that the Kenya Red Cross Society has been receiving for a long time to serve this country has been reduced to more than a half. This is simply because international humanitarian response and donations have reduced very much in the face of new disasters around the world in Yemen, Syria and other places. The Kenya Red Cross Society has had to deal with a sustainability issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we, in this country, need to think. I have said this before; that a country is as strong or as weak as its institutions. We are privileged to have a Red Cross Society that is embedded in the community, doing so well but facing sustainability issues. When the Kenya Red Cross Society is not sustainable, it means that the communities that it serves---. The Society exists in every county. There are 67 branches and we have up to the household level where we have community health volunteers doing a lot of work on the ground. If the organisation does not get it right, it means that our institutions will die and, therefore, need support from our Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, of the Ksh7 billion that the Kenya Red Cross Society fundraises around the globe, the largest amount comes from other Red Cross societies, mostly for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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