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    "id": 1341329,
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    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng'ang'a",
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    "content": "institution to allow them to prove their worth. Given that opportunity, those youths will do marvellous things. I want to ask the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works to look into the renewal of licenses. After you register a company, you do not automatically get a job. You apply to various parastatals, Ministries and institutions, and you do not get it the first time because it is an open tender. If you do not get it right that year, you will find that your NCA certificate has expired and you try the next quarter of the year. When you go for a renewal that they nowadays do online, they will tell you that there are courses that will be offered online. I want the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works to relook into it because most of the time, they do those training online, and most of our women are very good at businesses, but are not very conversant with ICT. It bypasses them, and they cannot renew their licenses not because they do not want to, but because they do not have the opportunity or capacity to do it online. I want to ask the Committee to relook into it and advise the Ministry that once the renewal time comes up, they communicate to those companies through their directors on the date the training will take place. This communication will encourage many youths, women and people with disabilities (PWDs) to apply. They should not just do it online because not everybody can access things online. We support this amendment. Uwezo Fund is doing very well, and many have benefitted. I also want to commend the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) by our 47 Women Representatives in the House. I have seen them starting groups at ward and constituency levels, and they are doing well. Hon. Gikaria’s amendment asks that we give those groups of women, youths and PWDs an opportunity and a conducive environment to thrive in their fields. We are going far with this amendment. I am in total support of this amendment. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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