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    "content": "I am trying to say here that these projects are cost-owned. They are owned by the constituency. We are only facilitating. We are the leaders of the constituencies. When we have that organization, I believe we will be able to deliver what the MPs and the communities want. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the employment of the nurses, we will also localize it as much as possible. We have been toying with the idea of employing nurses for a long time. The money has been available for a whole year, but the interviews have not been concluded. We all know the Public Service Commission (PSC) cannot handle the employment of the whole nation. There are certain levels such as those of nurses, where we will ask them to allow us to do as quickly as possible. My instructions to the officers are that we localise employment of nurses. First of all, we must get the talent at the local level, unless we do not get enough nurses from those areas. I want to reassure the House that this stimulus package which the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance aimed at is to benefit those regions. Constituencies will benefit with the support of MPs. I would also like to commend the Minister for focusing on marginalized groups. These are groups which are most hit by poverty. These are women and youth. I would like to commend him for putting a lot of money in that sector. We want to call for training and empowerment of our youth and women. I am happy to hear the Minister for Gender and Children Affairs promise that there will be capacity building for women. We also want capacity building for youth. I have seen in my constituency, there are funds for youth. Sometimes, we have been conducting empowerment workshops like one which is going on this week. These provide business opportunities for youth through the CDF money. We should be able to do this training. The Ministry of Youth and Sports can use some funds to organize training for youth. This will ensure that they make use of these funds, reduce poverty and increase employment as the Minister for Finance intends. I believe that is why he has put this money there. I would also like to ask him to look at the procurement regulations because the procurement rules have hampered our efforts. We might not use this money even when it is released to the Ministries because of the slowness in the procurement. Considering there will only be one this year, we have to move with speed. So, on the issue of procurement for stimulus package, I would ask the Minister to make sure that it is a bit relaxed. They should watch it closely to ensure that it is not misused. It will be useless if we had this money, but we cannot access it immediately. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Minister, I want to tell this House and the country, that I am completely comfortable with the reduction of the engine capacity of our vehicles. We need to save money for other needy areas. I know the people have become a bit impatient, but we will surrender them. We can only change the car when this money is released from the Treasury to the Ministries. We also need this House to authorize purchase of new cars with less engine capacity as recommended by the Minister. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support."
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