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    "id": 1341359,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "many Members of Parliament who are Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). They are young or old and cannot fall into the category. We should look at how we assess the neediness of the applicant so that we do not give a blanket check. How do you assess the neediness of an applicant? With my youth son, will he ask me for Ksh5,000 or Ksh20,000 to register a company. Will I fail to raise that money? No. We have this growing misconception that only women are in need. Men the same age as women are languishing and suffering much more than women. When will the discrimination against men come to an end? When will it come to an end if anything we talk about, we talk about women. We could have women and men of the same age and socio-economic status, but unfortunately, we will always find women are favoured. I request Hon. Gikaria to look at the need assessment. I ask him to also look at whether that person is registered in the company... As Hon. Kiarie KJ has put it, the youth is a ticking time bomb. What benefit is it to give the youth a certificate when he has no technical experience, training or technical ability, and we have not implemented measures to enable him to raise funds to undertake and execute that project? What will he do? He will end up hawking it around; what we used to call during our days - discounting. I have a contract of Ksh10 million. I will sell it to you. Give me Ksh2 million. You will register a caveat on my account so that when the amount comes, I chop up everything and only get your 5 or 2 per cent commission, and your status of un-favourableness and inability to do anything passes forever. We should never create that. It is always good to talk to the gallery. It is always good to talk about politics and looking for votes. Indeed, it is okay because that is why we are here. We represent the less fortunate and the most fortunate. We represent all, but we should never use the unfortunate situation of the suffering youth, women and PWDs to enrich the disadvantaged. We must be very careful. I do not care about the issue of the fees because the National Construction Authority (NCA) can always mine fees and get its money from the big contractors. This will not end up benefiting the youth. It will benefit the briefcase contractors who will take advantage of the youth. If we are not imposing any pre-qualifications or condition precedent, we are only creating a situation where we will herd youth in our villages and allow them to get jobs. It is a good Bill, but listen to what other Members are saying so that you can enrich it going forward. The mere spirit that he has gone his way, I support his efforts. However, the efforts might not result in positive results. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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