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    "id": 185025,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/185025/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
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    "content": "(Prof. Sambili); Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Twenty youth groups from Limuru Constituency have received Kshs50,000 each from 2576 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 8, 2008 the Youth Enterprise Development Fund through the Constituency Youth Enterprise Scheme. This component of the Fund only lends the money to youth groups. Youth in Limuru Constituency are also able to access loans as individuals, companies or as groups from the financial intermediaries partnering with the Fund and operating in the area. Mr. Speaker, Sir, another Kshs1 million was allocated to every constituency in the Republic, including Limuru Constituency, for onlending to youth groups. At the moment, the applications for these funds are being processed by the Divisional Youth Enterprise Fund Committee. (b) As for the measures that we are taking to ensure that the ongoing businesses of the youth as well as others by the youth that do not have bank accounts are able to access these funds, the Ministry is exploring the possibility of using more youth-friendly methods such as Postapay and M-Pesa to ensure that ongoing businesses, as well as needy youths without bank accounts, can access these funds."
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