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    "id": 723053,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/723053/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "There are a few issues that have been spoken by Members who have contributed before me. A matter that has been of concern to Members, and which I would beg to begin with, is the question of qualifications as stipulated in the New Clause 48A(2)(b). It is important for Members to note something because I eavesdropped on Hon. Gikaria and Hon. Sunjeev Birdi who were asking why we are allowing academic qualifications. I want you to read the wording in the Bill carefully. It talks of academic or other qualifications, or experience of the person, having regard to the nature of the functions which the person shall perform. Therefore, this Bill does not in any way stop anybody who is even illiterate from running a SACCO. That is because we are not just talking about academic and other qualifications. It is academic qualifications, or experience. Therefore, you may have very elderly people running the SACCOs and, indeed, they are there. Many of the farmers’ SACCOs around this country are run by very elderly men who may not necessarily have the academic qualifications, but they have the experience. They have people- skills which they use to bring people together in the spirit of the co-operative movement."
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