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MPs shoot down bill to regulate harambees

Majority Leader Aden Duale addresses Somali Community during their meeting in Mombasa County on Sunday 2, 2016. [Photo/Kelvin Karani/Standard]

MPs have rejected a proposal seeking to regulate public fundraising commonly referred to as 'harambees'.

Members of the National Assembly voted to reject the Public Fundraising Appeals Bill, 2014; trashing attempts to provide a legal framework for fundraising.

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