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    "id": 1126025,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Likuyani, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 294,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. As I support the Bill, I will add a few comments. First, like most of my colleagues have said, community groups are many. We were given a figure of over 200,000, but the number could be much higher than that because there are so many especially in rural areas. It is a good thing and we welcome that these groups are regulated, registered and we get to know who they are at any given time. Like a number of my colleagues have said, those of us who have been closely following the Uwezo Fund in our constituencies find that it is easy for groups to form, but break up as soon as you disburse funds to them. Later on, the group cannot be followed up. Now that we shall have them registered, we will know who their office bearers are and we will have a register of their membership. It is easy to follow what the groups are doing. Secondly, I support this whole issue of office bearers and register of members of each group. In the long run, it will be very useful to know who the office bearers of each group are in case there is any dispute. Usually when we have groups, there is the likelihood of some disputes. I am very sure in the memorandum, we will have a mechanism to solve disputes that may arise in each group on a day to day basis or as the group progresses. We have seen groups that are very well organised grow from a village to a national group that has uplifted the welfare of its members, but as the group grows, so does the likelihood of disputes. I am very sure that in the Bill or the regulation, there will be a way on how to sort out the disputes that may arise. It is time this Bill was operationalised. I thank you."
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