{"id":1446711,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1446711/?format=json","text_counter":95,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sotik, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Francis Sigei","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Bill which was brought by my sister in-law, Hon. Lesuuda. I will speak on behalf of many of my constituents who are beneficiaries of this important programme. The Government made the good decision of giving a chance to young people to serve the nation as interns as they prepare themselves for future assignments. For the sake of the future of the interns, I would like to see a provision in this Bill for students to be absorbed in the State Departments they serve as interns. While we acknowledge that this is a very important programme, it ends after one year. Thereafter, the interns come to ask me what they will do. I would like to see a change, so that they can have a chance to serve in the State Departments that they will serve and become part of Government servants. With those remarks, I support the Bill."}