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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Chelaite",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services",
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        "legal_name": "Alicen Jematia Ronoh Chelaite",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In supporting the President's Speech, I would like to congratulate him for having brought up issues in his Speech that can make this country stable, rich and a country that we want. We, as leaders, should be able to look at the issues in that Speech and follow them without us criticising and not offering any alternatives. If we do not do that, I do not think this country can go a long way and be the country that we want to develop. If we do what the President says in his address, Kenya can be a country where people will be happy. I would like to congratulate the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services. I want to congratulate hon. Members for having turned up in Mombasa last weekend. I was very amazed and happy when we were all united as one country and one people; when we all applauded our athletes who did a tremendous job and made us proud. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to congratulate the Harambee Stars players who did wonders on Sunday and defeated the other team. If we could reward those athletes and the football players, as a country, I am sure we are going to get more and better athletes and players in this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was also very happy to see the President sitting with us from the word go until the last minute. That showed a lot of commitment in our President and that he likes athletics. He also appreciated what our athletes did. That was very good of him! We should all emulate our President. Whenever we have such games outside the country, we should make efforts to go out there and cheer up our players or athletes. I also want to talk about the Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEDF). The women of Kenya are very happy. I have been happy to hear that all the hon. Members who have stood in this House have also shown their gratitude to the President for giving this Fund to the women. Some are hesitant that the Fund may be abused, may not be utilised or distributed equally. I want to assure the House that this will not be like the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF). The YEDF has taken long because the youth were not organised. The youth did not have a Ministry. The Ministry had to organise itself before the youth could get the funds. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, however, for the women, there is a ready structure. The women are in groups and have been engaged in businesses. They have been selling vegetables, working in hotels, markets and selling cereals. They have literally been doing business in this country. It is only a matter of giving the women this money and they will just go ahead with their usual businesses. So, our Ministry is going to see to it that this Fund is distributed equally and it will reach the grassroots."
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