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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": "The other challenge we are facing is that Members of Parliament end up being forced to use their own resources for logistical purposes. Like Uwezo Fund, unless you as a Member of Parliament is given money for the administrative costs, the monies that are allocated to those funds are too little that it becomes meaningless. Therefore, I would request this Committee to consolidate some of these funds so that in the end they can be very beneficial to those who are targeted. In finishing, I also just want to say that I am concerned that right now we are also talking about giving funds. These are not exactly Special Funds, but we are giving funds to people who are going back to school. Many people are in panic right now. We have a lot of knee-jerk reactions to a lot of things in this country. Like I was just reading that even though people are complaining about the high cost of fees for university, and that most people will not be able to access it, the Government was belabouring to explain that there are vulnerable groups, there are poor people, and there are I do not know what categories, but I have not seen any law that defines any of those things. So, if you are not careful, I, Millie Odhiambo, might decide to declare myself as a vulnerable person and be given money as a vulnerable group because there is no definition. If there is no definition, I might be vulnerable because I am shorter than most people here, or I might be vulnerable because I am an orphan. My father and mother are dead. I am actually an orphan. 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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