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    "id": 1495587,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I want to thank the Committee for coming up with a very comprehensive Bill. Cooperatives are very helpful and they provide a necessary economic boost, especially for Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs). These are areas that if people do not pull together, they will not realise much. It borrows largely from the Harambee spirit. For instance, in the fishing industry, it has been helpful. A lot of the fisherfolk are fairly poor or indigent and without pulling together in cooperatives, they may not realise much. Even as we speak, a lot of the fisherfolk do not even own the boats they use. By enhancing cooperatives, they will be able to access the tools of their trade. I want to agree with the Members who have said that this sector is misused. Many members who have saved within the co-operatives have had their resources misused in the past and hence there is need for enhanced governance within this sector. Whenever I speak to any Bill, I focus on issues of governance and mainstreaming of other cross-cutting issues and it is within that framework that I have a little bit of concern and"
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