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    "id": 1144272,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "situation, there will be no savings. We know how much it costs to hire space in this city. I know that the Youth Enterprise Development Fund is at Lonrho House, which is not a government structure but a private one. So, if you consider the rent being paid for this house alone, it will be a huge saving. If we are serious about bottom-up economics, then this is the time we should merge these Funds so that this money can reach Kenyans who are down there. But the challenges have been many and that is why we are saying, to some extent, when people talk about bottom-up economics, they have to be very careful. These Funds have been in this country for many years and have been going direct to the local m wananchi, who has not been paying. So, for me the challenge is we want to give money to wananchi without preparing them adequately through capacity building. So, anybody who talks about bottom-up economics without capacity building is going to fail from the word go. This is not debatable. So, the thing is, we need to prepare Kenyans for this. You know Kenyans have this attitude that when you get Government money; it is free money. So, you do not have to pay anything. I seriously think for these regulations, and I want to urge the Chair Hon. Kamket that Biashara Kenya Fund is very important for this country. So, he should sit down again with the National Treasury to see how these regulations can be improved so that we can give Kenyans a chance to access these funds in a better way. Before releasing the money, we should not forget capacity building for those who will benefit. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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