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    "speaker_name": "Saboti, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Luyai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to put my mask aside for a while. I have been waiting patiently throughout last week to no avail, but, at least, I learnt the trick of being an early bird and I have caught your eye. The 2010 Constitution was heavily borrowed from other advanced democracies jurisdiction. We do not, as a country, exist in vacuum. We are in a global setup where we learn from other nations, and a good example is Switzerland. Switzerland has a very interesting model of rotational presidency, and they aligned this to their distinct multilingual and multi-ethnic composition of the country. As a country, we also have a distinct composition of our nation and we must align our Constitution to that reality. I think the time is now. I am so much excited. There is so much that we can talk about on this particular proposal in this Bill, but I am excited on a number of legislative proposals that had been proposed in this particular Report. Most importantly, is the one touching on the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) that gives a four-year moratorium to loanees. I had a problem when I was vying as a Member of Parliament because one of the requirements was for you to produce a certificate that shows that you have been cleared by HELB. I had to take a loan to clear a loan. You can imagine how many young people go through this difficulty of trying to clear their HELB loans for them to access opportunities. This particular legislative proposal is going to help many graduates who are out there, and usually get into problems trying to access opportunities simply because one of the requirements is that they have to clear HELB loans. This happens yet, at that time, for example, in my case, I was still jobless. I was looking for a job to come to this Parliament to represent the people of Saboti. So, how do you expect a jobless graduate to clear his or her HELB loan? So, this proposal is some of the reasons that the young people of this country are going to support the BBI Report. The proposals on Micro and Small Enterprise Act gives a seven-year tax holiday for youth in business. I led a consortium of youth organisations and young leaders to present views to the BBI Taskforce. This was my proposal, and I am happy it was well captured that the young people need to be given incentives to uplift their businesses. This will go a long way if the Bill comes to pass. The business incubation centres should provide advisory services. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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