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    "id": 240736,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/240736/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 166,
        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
        "slug": "martha-karua"
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    "content": "This is because we cannot have two outfits doing more or less the same thing. We must also ask ourselves: Once there is a law protecting consumers by setting the standards, should the Government also act the role of the lobbyists who speak on behalf of the consumers? The role of the Government is regulation by maintaining the standards and having regular ad hoc checks to ensure that the law is followed and also to create awareness. However, the Government cannot play its role and also that of the lobbyists. Once there is sufficient awareness, the consumers themselves will form their own lobby groups which will do the rest of the work. I know that we have a strong consumer organization, but it cannot be as stronger as the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS). So, if we revamp the KEBS, then the consumers will not get a raw deal. We should not try to reinvent the wheel. We should look at what is happening in other countries. How do they maintain standards, for instance, in the Western world and in our progressive African states? We should check what is happening---"
}