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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Let me also thank the Leader of the Majority Party for what he has guided the House on because yesterday, we really suffered. Members want to contribute to those issues and we are being hurried and yet, we had put 30 minutes for each and every vote. So, thank you Leader of the Majority Party for that direction. I support this allocation to the co-operatives but as this happens, I want to say that the co- operative world has really increased in terms of vibrancy and the numbers. Those co-operatives were actually divided into different sections. Some were agricultural and some were deposit- based. I would urge that particular Ministry to use this money appropriately to make sure that they bring up a clear distinction between the new co-operatives being formed, especially in the transport sector as matatus, and the deposit-based and the agricultural ones so that when we are dealing with one line of co-operatives, it does not seem that this particular line, for instance, if it is coming from the transport sector, is being generalised as being the entire co-operative sector. I think the money they have been given, especially for training and management should be used well in that particular direction. There are certain changes that the Government may be introducing soon, which I think, again, the co-operatives need to be protected as member societies and member clubs so that we do not bring foreigners into co-operatives to manage their affairs as nominees who are not members and are not contributors. Let the co-operative societies be managed and monitored by the Ministry using this budgetary allocation very well. However, there would be no need of bringing nominees that are not necessarily members of those particular co-operative societies. I beg to support but those are some of the areas that they would really need to put their money in order to develop the co-operatives. Finally, there is an area that is untapped. Let this money be used to mobilise the youths who are small-scale farmers and who are involved in the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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