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    "id": 195319,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Motion seeking to establish a very important Bill. Our main duty in this House is to protect wananchi who are the consumers. For many years, the people we are supposed to protect have been exploited in all manner of ways. They have been taken advantage of by service providers, contractors, manufacturers and everybody. This is to say that we have failed to do our duty and that is why I stand up to support this Motion which is long overdue. The other day I was in my constituency inspecting a road that is being built. Two donkeys cannot pass each other on that road and yet the Government is going to pay the contractor to construct that road. I think that is exploiting the consumer. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the service industry, for example, the insurance industry, members of the public have been exploited for many years because there have been closures, companies collapsing one after another and so on. This is why we need such a law which will protect the consumers with regard to the services provided by the insurance industry, banks, contractors and so on. If you look at the goods that are imported into this country, you will realise that they are substandard. They are goods that will not be exported to the First World countries, for example, USA or the UK. The goods are just dumped here! We have the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), but to what extent does it protect the consumer? How many cases of individuals who have been hurt by goods that are substandard have been taken to court and prosecuted successfully? Hardly any! That is why we need a law which will protect the ordinary person by ensuring that the producers of goods produce goods that are of high and acceptable standard. They should be goods that will not injure the health of the consumer. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion is long overdue. I cannot over-emphasise the importance of protecting the consumer. This is because without the consumers, even the producers cannot advance. This is why the consumers need to be protected. With those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion."
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