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    "id": 1156623,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this important Bill. It is a form of bottom-up economic model. It empowers the vulnerable, the special interest groups, and those that are at the bottom of the economic pyramid who face a vicious cycle of poverty among them. Our constitutional framework came up with the affirmative action funds to try and bring them at par with others. Hon. Gikaria must have been God-send to target that group. Today, PWDs smile because there is a Member of Parliament, among others, who remembers that they do not need sympathy but opportunities. We need to be empowered rather than being given handouts. I speak with authority about the MP for Nakuru Town East, because in 2015, he started a school known as St. Maria Veronica Centre of Excellence. In 2019, the school registered 5 plain “As” in its first Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), whereas both Nakuru Boys High School and Nakuru Girls High School did not have a single A, despite them being national schools. Nakuru Town East Constituency is an urban centre – ni shamba la mawe . They only survive on businesses. Hon. Gikaria has built 1,500 well-equipped stalls, and 30 per cent of that went to the affirmative action groups, and 10 per cent specifically went to PWDs. This man is a governor material. I am sure that the people of Nakuru Town East Constituency are watching us. On behalf of the 6.5 million Kenyans living with disabilities, I may not have flowers or any present to give Hon. Gikaria, but I have a basket full of prayers for you and your family. May you be blessed for thinking about PWDs. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the entry point to Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) by women, youth and PWDs is through registration. This noble idea of empowering affirmative action groups and allowing them to do business is through the certificate of incorporation. This is what Hon. Gikaria is targeting. If these Chambers did not have that door, we would not know how to come here and discuss the important issues that we do here. The entry point to AGPO by PWDs, women and youth is by them acquiring certificates of incorporation. Hon. Gikaria wants to make sure that all of us have access to opportunities. We are targeting those groups because of the vicious cycle of poverty among them. If we give them a platform, but they 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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