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    "id": 1102687,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "you see. There is the auditing of co-operatives which I have been talking about whereby the national Government is making an effort to ensure that that is followed. Co-operatives begin from the village and have their apex bodies which even go up to the counties. That is why under the new Constitution, they are managed by the county governments because of the need to promote co-operatives at the grass-root levels. There are also national bodies like the Co-operatives Alliance of Kenya (CAK) and KUSCCO. There are also international co- operatives. KUSCCO now belongs to an international body called the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) which is where the Co- operative Alliance of Kenya belongs. Kenya is a leader in Africa and usually vies on the world stage. Kenya has done well in the co-operative movement. The national savings are in billions and that begins with ourselves. You know what our own sacco does for us. That is what saccos are doing for many Kenyans. The challenge has been that counties have been slow in remitting to the saccos at the county level. That has really been a challenge. We have the Co-operative Tribunal whereby a presiding officer at the level of a magistrate sits there. When there are disputes like the one I mentioned of people who do not want to remit or where there are disputes within co- operatives, it deals with that. There is also something called co-operation of co-operatives. For example, with regard to the CIC, we were assisted to set it up by a co-operative in Canada. The credit unions of the United States of America (USA) have really helped their economy. There are many co-operatives in Europe. Even in Dubai, all that construction you see is done by co-operatives. In Israel, they have the Moshav and the Kibbutzim for farming and marketing their crops. There are many examples in the world where a lot has been done. We want to encourage co-operatives in the country and that is why we are coming up with this Policy. I support it and beg Members to support it. It is a great idea. The earlier we pass it, the better. It is so that it can guide the legislation in this regard."
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