{"id":184717,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/184717/?format=json","text_counter":245,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kathuri","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":38,"legal_name":"Emilio Mureithi Kathuri","slug":"emilio-kathuri"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this golden opportunity, although belatedly, to make my contribution. The SACCO movement plays a very significant role in this country. I want to thank the Minister for having brought this Bill here, so that we can debate it. It is a very wise idea. It is long overdue. We should have done it earlier. If I may even talk about myself, were it not be for the co- operative movement, I do not think that I would be in this House. That is for sure. The Bill captures all the issues very well. I want to say that whoever sat and deliberated over the whole issue did a good job. For that matter, they deserve a pat on the back. But, alongside that, there are a few comments that I would like to make."}