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    "id": 1498066,
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    "speaker_name": "Aldai, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marianne Kitany",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have listened to the response from the Hon. Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Social Protection. I am totally dissatisfied by the response for three reasons. One, I raised an issue about the rationale behind the reduction of borrowing limit. The Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) was started in 2007. From the year 2007 to last year when that rationale was changed, the borrowing limit was not an issue. I do not know why they have decided to reduce or bring in limit reduction. They also brought in cycles. Therefore, that has not responded to the issue of the rationale. If a system was working, why change what was and is already working? The second issue is this: I wanted to find out about the method they use to give out those funds that have gone digital. As much as I appreciate going digital, and as much as we appreciate that we are now digital in nature, we are talking about women. The objects of why the WEF was created need not be lost in the process of disbursing money. It was not just about money. Usually, women meet and talk about many things, including their social affairs. They also encourage each other to do business after which they can then disburse the money. The next time they meet, they look at how far they have gone with the monies that they borrowed. However, if we digitise the process of borrowing that money without considering the real objects of why the WEF was created, we will lose the real objective of the fund. It is not any different from a group or an individual who is going to a bank to borrow money. The WEF is more social in nature as opposed to the actual funding. Therefore, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am totally dissatisfied with the responses they have given. I wish that, perhaps, this matter be taken further by the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Social Protection and the Cabinet Secretary so that we can really understand if they lost the objectives or they forgot why the WEF was created in 2007 under Legal Notice No.127 or what happened. What changed? If there were any changes, none of the changes as to the objectives was brought to the National Assembly for ratification. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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