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    "id": 1126053,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1126053/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Kiai",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Githiaka Kiai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Community Groups Registration Bill. The Bill is for an Act of Parliament to provide for a regulatory framework for the registration and regulation of community groups and for connected purposes. The Bill provides that the groups will be formed by members from the same geographical area and those that share a common vision. So, it presupposes that there is homogeneity of interests and individuals. Groups in the country have been the fulcrum of the rural economy. They are the drivers of the rural economy. That is how people come together with an economic plan which is converted into improving the living standards of those members. For the longest time, no law or legal framework had been put in place to ensure that community groups are run and managed according to a certain given legal regime. Currently, that is controlled through CBOs, the administration and an amorphous network of individuals and institutions. That means that in a situation where members come together, contribute money and some crafty members decide to embezzle the money, they have very little in terms of legal recourse. I am happy to note that the Community Groups Registration Bill has come up with legal structures on how the groups will be formed, how to come up with a constitution, and how to register members into the group. It has also come up with rules, regulations and guidelines that will govern members as they transact their business. The easiest way to mobilise resources is by coming together. That is very evident in so many groups that are scattered all over the country. In my Mukurweini Constituency, I have helped quite a number of groups to come up with seed money and, thereafter, they are able to set up group economic activities that improve their livelihoods. Groups like the ones that are funded by the World…"
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