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    "id": 1126038,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1126038/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, EFP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Adan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13420,
        "legal_name": "Adan Haji Yussuf",
        "slug": "adan-haji-yussuf-2"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill. It is very timely. I come from a community where groups are very vital. People do businesses in groups which are not registered, but it is just a sort of a mutual agreement between the various members of the group. Over the years, it has been realised that they do a very good job. A lot of the big businesses which members of my community do here in this country are not individual businesses. They are businesses where many people come together and work. Unfortunately, they do not have any legal framework and sometimes when some misunderstandings arise, it becomes very difficult to arbitrate in such groups. If this Bill is passed into law, it will assist us very much. Working individually and working in groups are two different things. In my local language, there is a proverb which says, if I may translate directly to English, that, one finger cannot wash the face. You need at least four or all the five fingers to wash your face. This is just what we mean by group or what we mean by together you can succeed. Therefore, having these groups all over the country, in different sets of communities without any legal framework or without any rules and regulations that are binding is not good. In any community, you know there are people who are…"
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