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    "id": 229243,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. First of all, I would like to commend the President for having come up with the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. That fund is now in operation, and quite a number of youth groups have been funded, and they have started a lot of industries. For example, in my constituency, a lot of youths have started barber shops, salons, photography, have bought cameras and water pumps for irrigation and so on. Secondly, I would like to commend the President for coming up with the Women Enterprise Development Fund. I hope in this year's Budget, we will also have at least Kshs1 billion for that fund. Women are the backbone of the economy of this country and they must be empowered to conduct business. I am also hoping that since now we have the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Development Fund, the Government will also come up with a fund for the disabled, so that we also do not forget the disabled members of our society. I would also like to commend the police, particularly the Provincial Police Officer (PPO), Coast Province, for a job well done in the just concluded International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) championship in Mombassa. The security and organisation was perfect, with very minimal problems. I, therefore, take this opportunity to commend all the people who were involved in that organisation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to commend the President for reviving the Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) and the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), and for increasing the strategic maize reserve from three million to four million bags. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Rift Valley Fever is now almost over, and we now need to encourage our people to start eating meat, at least in those districts that have been given the green light to do so. We also need to encourage Kenyans to start drinking milk. If we do not do this, the livestock industry is going to collapse. But one thing that shocked me is that when the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development cautioned Kenyans against eating meat March 27, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 127 because of the Rift Valley Fever, Kenyans stopped eating meat. But when the Minister for Health says there is AIDS, I do not see Kenyans taking the necessary action. So, I am wondering whether the Rift Valley Fever is more serious than AIDS."
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