Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1102684,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1102684/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 253,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important matter. At one point, I was an administrative secretary in the Ministry of Co-operatives Development and Marketing immediately after the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. I was on the team which framed this Policy and I can see a number of improvements have been made since I left. So as to get Members thinking, Harambee Sacco, which is close to us, is bigger than most banks in Kenya. The main contributors to it are Government officers in the Army and the Office of the President. Fifteen million Kenyans belong to the co-operative movement. We have a number of national co-operative associations, including the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) and the Co-operative University that has been set up. It used to be the Co-operative College when I was there. We have the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (KUSCCO) which is an umbrella body for all Saccos. We have the National Co-operative Housing Union (NACHU) and the Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) which is the regulatory body. We have the Co-operative Bank which we all know and the Co-operative Insurance Company (CIC). We now have farmers’ cooperatives. We also have coffee and tea in that area. However, many Saccos and co-operatives which do well are the land-owning co-operatives and the people under NACHU. Many Kenyans are familiar with that.We already started a project for Members to own houses. That is how many Kenyans get to own houses. You remember the savings co-operative in Parliament. Although policy informs the laws to be made, there has been a proposal from Senator Zani, in the Senate, to come up with a new co-operatives law. However, the question begs - and I think 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."
}