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    "content": "If you walk to such banks in Kisumu and ask for money from these funds, you will be given the loan, using Government funds, at 19 per cent yet this money is supposed to be lent out at 3 per cent. So, this issue of access to funds, be it for the youth or for women, the Government must open it up for scrutiny. Let us not do postmortem. Let us be proactive. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, recently, the Office of the President made a pronouncement that civil servants will now retire at the age of 60. While I think this is a good idea, it is ill-timed. Our youth do not have jobs. Whether these retirees are in ODM or PNU, they must go home to create jobs for young people. How will you create jobs if you have a 70-year-old person as a Permanent Secretary and a 75-year-old man as an Ambassador in London? What are we doing, as a country? We must refuse! This Parliament has a responsibility to lead, because the youth are the majority, even in this House. Let us lead! Let us say that we want the YEDF to be open to scrutiny. Members of Parliament have a right to know who benefits from the fund and who does not. Civil servants should not use this Fund to divide this country along tribal lines. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want all public appointments to be brought here for ratification. We want the Government to revise our foreign policy. What value do we get from people serving in foreign missions? What would this country lose by retiring somebody who is recycled back into the Government? The country will gain more. As Government, we need to give hope to our people. We have no choice, and if we do that, as a country, we will be better off. We will stop talking about Vision 2030, because we can do it now. We have the resources, but they are going into the pockets of people who have very high political appetites for money. The Government must go out of its way to stop this high political appetite for money, so that public funds are not squandered and then we just do a postmortem audit. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the last one week, this country has been treated to very good politics. That was democracy at its best. I want to thank the Office of the Speaker for its good performance. Having said that, due to lack of time, I beg to support."
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