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    "id": 1156628,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1156628/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisauni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mbogo Ali",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13383,
        "legal_name": "Ali Menza Mbogo",
        "slug": "ali-menza-mbogo"
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    "content": "have not been provided with the NCA certificate, depending on the level you want to practise. It may be level 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4, all the way downwards. The Government has come up with so many initiatives that are meant to help interested groups. We have the Youth Fund, the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF), the NG-CDF and the Uwezo Fund. All those Funds were earmarked to help improve the livelihoods of people who are living below the poverty line. But, when you look at all those Funds and the facilities that are available, it is really disappointing to see today that the youth, women and persons with disabilities are still suffering because they cannot access the 30 per cent of the tenders that have been provided for. The reason is very simple. Most of them have really complied. You will find a youth has all the documents and certificates that are required for that youth to access tenders or to be awarded that tender. Most of the time, you will find that the youth may apply and is awarded the tender. However, the challenge is when it comes to capital to start executing that assignment. What has happened over time is that the same big boys and rich people have registered companies using the youth. The same youth are just a front of companies but, at the end of the day, it is the big boys who mint that money. The youth, the woman or the PWD who is used as a front will just end up getting something small to keep him or her moving. The bigger chunk of the margin that is realised from the tender still ends up with the big boys. This is something that has to be re-looked into very seriously."
}