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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "We must commend this Committee. Of course there are amendments we will want to bring to the table when this is going forward. Even as we start to regulate this facility, it is good to commend those who took it upon themselves and started offering the services. They allowed us to see the other options available or the other facilities that can be used to get credit facilities nearer to the people. In short, what I am saying is that Kenyans have been exploited for a while, while we commend the institutions that came up with these innovations and us having been left behind before we could bring these kinds of regulations. Kenyans have been exploited and they are being exploited in more areas than one. I am urging my colleagues that instead of us engaging in the kind of political rivalry and competition that we have had for the last four years, it is important for us to focus on these kinds of legislative agenda. If we allow ourselves to do that, it will be easier for us as MPs to seek re- election. It will be because you have done something. Sending empty rhetoric on the Floor of the House or using this Floor to propagate your political ideals has not been useful at all. Even this afternoon, instead of trying to bring one another down like it was happening, it will be better to concentrate on such useful amendments that we have. I do not want to get into that line, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker but let me say this: for me and those of us who come from the Mt. Kenya Region, this is music to our ears. These are the things that will make them listen to what you want to say as a politician. It will be very easy to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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