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    "id": 1126022,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I support this heavily because group formation is part of the African culture. Africans have always existed through groups. So, when we empower groups, we are highlighting the role of African culture. We know that in the rural setting, people operate through groups and whether they are legalised or not, group work has always worked. It is, however, important to legalise them because the role they play is critical. A lot of these groups are doing great work in the community. You will find women groups doing business in poultry, farming, table banking and they make money. They are wealth creation organisations and are eradicating poverty. That is why the funds that we have for them is meant to uplift their lives such as the Uwezo Fund, the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF), Youth Enterprise Fund (YEF) and the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAF). These are all meant for groups. We have seen how they have empowered groups in different ways. Apart from economic empowerment, groups have lost because they are not recognised, legalised and not followed up after they have received funds. You always want to know what the groups do with the funds allocated to them. What is the impact, how can you follow them up? How do they pay? What are some of the challenges they face? They cannot be traced if they are not registered. They cannot be found, they disappear and it is such a big challenge. A lot of resources go to waste when you cannot trace the groups that you funded. The Bill will help us know where the groups are so that we can follow them up and give them more funds when they do well. They can, therefore, continue eradicating poverty. My observations as the County Women Representative for Siaya County is that a lot of these groups need the training part of their work. Now that they are going to be legalised and mainstreamed, there will be a system of governance, and training should be part of it, so that they are trained on how to make money, manage it and many other issues that groups need to know. I know campaigns have started and they must also know their rights to vote. In those groups, a lot can be done, not 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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