{"id":235958,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/235958/?format=json","text_counter":275,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Oburu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":194,"legal_name":"Oburu Ngona Odinga","slug":"oburu-odinga"},"content":". Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to state that this particular Bill is going to protect the small-scale entrepreneurs. Microfinance institutions will allow people to save as little as Kshs50 or Kshs100 on a daily basis. People will be allowed to withdraw and borrow as little as Kshs1,000 or Kshs2,000. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we went for a workshop recently, we met a woman who was a whore previously, in the streets of Nairobi. She was picked up by a microfinance institution and was asked to start saving even from the illicit business she was conducting. She managed to save Kshs50 every day. Today, that woman is almost a millionaire here in Nairobi. She now owns three kiosks, a hotel and some rental houses."}