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    "id": 973060,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, further that, the speedy deregistration and non-procedural appointment of liquidators cast doubt on the intentions of SASRA and the Commissioner of Cooperatives. Further that, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) failed to grant MUSCO a hearing concerning the decision to appeal the decision by SASRA to revoke the license pursuant to Section 69 of the Cooperatives Societies Act. Apart from the aforementioned letter to the CS, MUSCO has sought other interventions. Further, therefore, Senate should note that after the failed attempt to seek audience with the CS, MUSCO moved to court to apply for judicial review orders against the decision to revoke the license by SASRA via application, namely in the Eldoret High Court Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 66 of 2018. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the court dismissed the application stating that the procedure did not follow the right channel which should have involved going through the CS before going to court. MUSCO, therefore, appealed again to the CS on the 18th July, 2018 but was not granted any hearing or response. Further, MUSCO then sought audience with the CS again to no avail. They went back two times. Further, it is good for the Senate to note that MUSCO then went to the Inter-Governmental Technical Relations Committee (IGTRC). This was informed by the fact that cooperatives is a shared responsibility; it is partly in the national Government and partly in the county governments. They went to the IGTRC after the county government had raised a dispute with the national Government. The IGTRC recommended that MUSCO, SASRA, the Commissioner for Cooperatives, and the liquidators come together to formulate proposals to ensure that the SACCO continues to run and members do not lose their money. I wish to note that the county government was very willing to work with and support this SACCO at the time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to IGTRC’s recommendations, the county government requested the liquidators to provide access to the financial documents that would make it possible for the county government to salvage the situation through financial assistance but the liquidators did not do so. They refused to provide the documents completely. This shows that they were set on liquidation despite the fact that it is usually a last resort in such matters. Senators should also note further that following a stalemate due to lack of consensus between the parties involved, MUSCO moved to court again via an application dated 30th October, 2019 to get a temporary injunction from the sale of MUSCO Towers which the auctioneers were announcing for the 31st January, 2020. Further that, after the ruling, the auctioneers went ahead to issue a notice showing their intention to auction the property on 3rd March, 2020. Mr. Speaker, Sir, further that, MUSCO has made the best efforts to have these matters addressed by the relevant authorities all of which have failed to give a satisfactory response or intervention."
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