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    "id": 699689,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, it is true that the word “ Takaful” is not known to the House. That is why I am asking: what will stop the Luo community from asking us to amend the insurance law to include “ guony ng’e wadu” ? In Dholuo, the phrase “guony ng’e wadu” means “scratch your back”. I am a legal professional from Luo Nyanza. There was a time when we were concerned about the number of lawyers from that region being struck off the Advocates Roll because they could not pay some fee to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) disciplinary committee. We formed an informal group under the leadership of Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ to raise money to help our colleagues when they found themselves in such difficulties. This is nearly what we are legislating on as “ Takaful” . If it is the same concept, why should it hurt so much for us to remove these foreign words and describe it as an organisation of a society engaging in activities that can benefit from such an arrangement?"
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