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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 Chairlady. It is also important to bring to the notice of the House that I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. When we were making this Budget, we looked at the money. When we appeared before the BAC, we advised them that this money should be given to certain Vote Heads that could be devolved down to the constituency level. That included what the Members are talking about as the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Women Enterprise Fund and the Uwezo Fund. We reduced the money on this Vote because we noticed that when they appeared before us, they were extremely comfortable, apart from pending bills which were also doubtable. They had no questions unlike the mainstream Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services. Therefore, we reduced the amounts. The reduced money was to the tune of Kshs5.7billion. We earmarked areas that were touching on construction and refurbishments. It was not mainstream cohort money. However, I can see that the mood in the House, led by the Leader of the Majority Party and others, has changed. We are a little bit more apologetic than we were two weeks ago. We are saying that we return the money to the NYS. As we do this, we must know that we risk 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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