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    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank you. As it has been said, you are a great man. Hopefully, we will meet in the next Parliament. You have been a friend for quite a long time, isipokuwa siku moja tu ndio ulinikosea, lakininilikubali. I want to thank the Members who have contributed. This is how great this House is. I had a very small version of what I was thinking, but from the contributions I have received from the Members, it has widened my thinking and given me other inputs. Members have indicated very clearly that it is one thing to give that waiver, but even after giving the waiver, what next? We go to the aspect of the vulnerable groups not getting enough financing. How best can we address that challenge? I want to agree especially with what Hon. Nduati, the Member for Gatanga, has indicated, that there are ways that were used in the past that we can revert to and give disadvantaged groups opportunities, to actualise the 30 per cent procurement from all Government institutions. As indicated by the Member for Kisauni, cartels have taken over and are exploiting this weakness to use the youth. While the youth get only peanuts, the bigger chunks of money go to the cartels. It is something we need to look into. More importantly is what you have spoken to, the NG-CDF. It is an integral devolution unit that we need to think about. If the NG-CDF could be used to actualise some of the functions of the national Government at the grassroots, there would be so much improvement and economic empowerment in the country. There are a few officers within the NG-CDF who have not been using the money properly. However, 99.9 per cent of the NG-CDF has gone into proper and effective use for purposes of education. You can see that education has thrived and is improving on a day-to-day basis. If you look at the documentary of every Member of Parliament and in our pages, you can see the improvement that has come along with the NG-CDF. I agree and I hope that the President will find favour and assent to this Bill. I have started over 50 companies for these groups. The challenge is that as you try to open up space for them, they get blocked in some ways because of lack of the NCA certificate, lack of 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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