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    "id": 863358,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/863358/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
        "slug": "daniel-kitonga-maanzo"
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    "content": "We have umbrella bodies in different countries and Africa. There is the World Council of Credit Unions where KUSCCO is a member. The Chief Executive Officer of KUSCCO, Mr. Ototo, sits in the board of the World Council of Credit Unions. At all material time, there is consultation all over the world. That is why we cannot make a law which is not familiar or similar to other jurisdictions. We cannot reinvent the wheel. Therefore, these amendments are good because we are seeking to align our law with the First World and best practices in the world of use of information technology. I believe in the Committee of the whole House we will come up with amendments to make this Bill better. We cannot afford to make these many amendments without public participation and following the Constitution. I have seen in the Report that one of the people who appeared before us was an advocate of the High Court of Kenya who had very serious suggestions in the amendment of the laws. This was Mr. Kiplagat of Kipkenda and Company Advocates. He made proposals which can be adopted at the Committee of the whole House. He said that we put into consideration Chapter Six of the Constitution because most of the officers of SACCOs handle public money, although they are private entities. That is why we have the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives and a Commissioner of Cooperatives."
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