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    "id": 1098245,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1098245/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13181,
        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I commend Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for correcting me on the terminology. It is PWDs. We need in-depth investigation on the systems of managing the funds. The Inua Jamii Programme is supposed to benefit the people who are unable to acquire the minimal needs of a family. However, I have an issue with the disbursement of the funds. Why are the funds disbursed by only one bank yet we have very many other channels of money transfer to the people? Why are the funds disbursed through the KCB only? Who made that decision? Why KCB only? We have very many other channels of money transfer such as M-PESA which can reach the beneficiaries on real time. The people who receive cash disbursements from the Inua Jamii Programme are the vulnerable in the society. As I have said, those are the people who need the money because they are facing numerous challenges in day today activities. There are so many bureaucracies that the beneficiaries are subjected to in the bank before they get this money. Many of the beneficiaries give up on accessing it because of those numerous challenges that they experience from the banks. The fund itself runs into billions of Kenyan Shillings, but it is poorly managed. If the funds were managed well, every listed beneficiary would benefit from it. The population of vulnerable Kenyans who are supposed to benefit from this is growing. Is it not true that the people who were first registered are the same ones who are still"
}