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    "id": 937961,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/937961/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "The failed performance of cooperatives is one classical example that we need to remember as we move into this direction. We need to ask ourselves why the cooperative societies failed. They failed because of mismanagement and the fact that farmers were not given the full mandate to manage the cooperatives. That is why Members have clearly alluded to the fact that we should allow an independent entity to register farmers and organise them. If we do that, we will not have the hand of the Government in this process. That is because past experiences through the co-operative movement have been very painful and we do not want to go in that direction. It is also a planning tool to have farmers registered and organised. Once they are registered, we will know them even if it means targeting them through packages for capacity building, farming inputs or…"
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