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    "id": 241372,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muturi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to say one or two things on this Vote. I join my colleagues who have congratulated the Minister, not just for the way that he presented this Ministry's Vote, but for the various achievements that he has made for the last three and a half years that he has been in charge of this Ministry. I wish to start by pointing out the issue of the district joint loans boards. My understanding is that a certain contribution is expected from every local authority in order to gazette such a board. As you all know, most of our local authorities are on the brink of bankruptcy. They would actually have been technically insolvent if they were trading entities, were it not for the regular inflows of the Local Authority Transfer Fund (LATF) and the Local Authority Development Fund (LASDEF). As long as there will be a requirement that local authorities make some contributions towards the kitty that will enable each district to be gazetted as a joint loans board, then there is a danger that some districts will for a long time to come remain without those boards. I say this because my own district is served from Embu District Headquarters and, naturally, quite a number of traders in Embu will apply for those loans that are meant for small- scale business people. I would like to appeal to the Minister to review the rationale of that requirement. If, indeed, it must be there, then the Minister for Trade and Industry should liaise with the Minister for Local Government. As you know, they come from the same political party, so that either the contributions of the local authorities can be deducted from the source at the Ministry of Local Government, either as an aspect of LATF or LASDEF as the case may be."
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