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    "id": 197191,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Ngilu",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kitui Central",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charity Kaluki Ngilu",
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    "content": " Actually, that was supposed to be mine long time ago before you kicked me out of NARC, but it will come. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about delivery of services in this country. I believe this is one thing that we, certainly, did better between 2002 and 2007 than what the KANU Government did. I also believe that with the resources available in this country, we should do better. However, this will only happen if we ensure that we do not misuse resources. This will happen if we establish proper institutions in this country that can guard against misuse of resources. Since we have got a wake-up call in this country now, we need to involve everybody in what is going to happen in this country. Here, I am thinking about our youth. We all come to this House after we have been supported by the youth, but it all ends the moment we enter this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) and the Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEDF) have not been used properly. We did not also allocate them enough resources. I do believe that we need to increase allocations to the YEDF. We should allocate them one per cent of our budget. If we want a YEDF that helps the youth, the Ministry of Youth Affairs needs to be given enough allocations. We want them to come up with programmes that will help our youth. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the WEDF was also given a paltry Kshs2 billion. There is no good reason for any woman in this country to rejoice over that. That is the kind of money that is pocketed by one person in one deal in this country. I think women of Kenya need to be recognised and be given enough money. They should not just be given this money, but they can borrow it and carry out certain programmes that will uplift their own lives. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since we have been demonised by the outside world, I think we now have had a wake up call. We know that what happened will never happen again. We will spend over Kshs30 billion to resettle our Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This money would not have been used for that purpose, if there was no post-election violence. I hope this will never happen again in this country. I hope His Excellency the President will leave behind a legacy that will be for all of us, including our children, to enjoy in future. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. March 20, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 345"
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