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    "id": 1582535,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1582535/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Migori County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to also add my voice to this debate. The NG- CDF, the NGAAF and the Senate Oversight Fund are very important funds for the growth of this country. If I was to speak, only as a County Woman Representative, I would tell you that NGAAF has changed the lives of many people in this country. There are many of our women, persons with disabilities and the youth who could not do any job. They needed means to start businesses because there are no job opportunities in Kenya and everywhere else in the world, so to speak. The NGAAF has really helped in many ways. Nowadays, you find youth groups with small businesses that sustain them instead of looking for jobs. NGAAF has created job opportunities and supports education the same way NG-CDF does. NGAAF has a little money which it gives in the form of bursaries, but it makes a lot of change in the society. Equally, NG- CDF bursary is not much. If a student gets a little money from NG-CDF and NGAAF, it can sustain the child in school. Both NGAAF and NG-CDF have created business opportunities for the women and youth groups. They tender to supply goods and services. Healthcare is also taken care of using the NG-CDF. The Fund is used to renovate and construct small dispensaries in constituencies. If we were to wait for the National Government to do all this, we are sure it cannot happen at the right time. For example, if the President knew all the problems in Nyatike Sub-County, where I come from, it can take him more than 10 years to solve them. This is because..."
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