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    "id": 1102708,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bumula, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwambu Mabongah",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Wekesa Mwambu Mabonga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to air my views on this Sessional Paper No. 10 on the National Cooperative Policy. Many things are happening in this country and we can all agree with the poverty index that we had just the other day in this country that almost a half of Kenyans are living below the poverty line. It is a challenge that today most of the developing countries are struggling to see how to pull the people who are at the lowest point of the pyramid. However, the way they do it may not be right. This policy paper is coming at the right time and many policies have been formulated but the problem is the implementation and the timeframe of it. If we can be serious with the things we discuss here and follow it up to be put in place for action, we shall be dealing with many of the problems that Kenyans are facing today. I had opportunity to interact with some Asians when I was in Malaysia and you realise that most of them who are in business today are being supported by the cooperative movement. There are Asians who have been sent in this country who are doing business but you realise that even their empowerment is coming right from their cooperative society from their country. When can we reach here? The intention of the cooperative movement was to accommodate the small scale holders. It is not for the billionaires club but it is unfortunate that when the cooperatives started 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."
}