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    "id": 1026651,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1026651/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to add my voice to this Bill. At the outset, I support the Bill because it has come at the right time. In as much as it is a Bill that has come because of COVID-19, it seeks to support the situation that is in dire need of funding. This Bill should have come a long time back. I support it because it creates a credit guarantee scheme. Our population is rich in knowledge, has strength to work and is ready to support any kind of development. What makes our population lag behind is the lack of the financial back-up. They lack a place to borrow money from and the collateral to support them in terms of what they want to achieve. Therefore, the Government coming up with the credit guarantee scheme through the National Treasury is a good thing. This is the time most of our young people coming from universities and technical colleges, who are equipped with knowledge to transact business, need to take advantage of the situation. I would like to congratulate the Chairperson. She has done a wonderful maiden presentation. I ask her to consider the powers that have been given to the CS. When it comes to eligibility, let it not be that the people who are already working come down to compete with the young people who have just come out of schools and universities. You may find that the conditionality that the CS will impose may be universal. Let it be that the young…"
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