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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Biwott",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Kiprono Kipyator Biwott",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is okay and I will condense my points. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so I am saying this Motion is vague because it should be an affirmative action. It should be directed to the people we want. The Motion itself talks about the poor especially women and other vulnerable groups and then throughout its remaining part, it does not even mention a woman. It does not even mention that particular person; it generalises. I think we should say that this Motion should aim at developing a legal framework which will deliberately focus on the women, men and the youth as the vulnerable groups at the very bottom stage so that the law itself acts as an affirmative facilitator to direct and channel some of the resources like small and medium enterprise money and eco-tourism money directly to those people from any financial institution that exists in this country. They should be able to commit a certain amount of money towards that cause and define exactly the conditions under which those funds, resources, the necessary support and training programmes are to be acquired. I believe this will be done later on. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so to me, I think we are talking about an empowerment which must be made affirmative so that those who are in need will get it. I know Bangladesh has attempted and created a system where they lock it by getting two or three people to guarantee one another. That is not enough. It has to be a mission in itself. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, due to shortage of time, I would like to support this Motion wholeheartedly and encourage the Mover who has already brought the Cotton (Amendment) Bill which is being implemented and will help the poor cotton farmers. The Bill should be developed in such a way that it acts as a deliberate legal framework which is aimed at locking into the affirmative action in order to help these people who are vulnerable and cannot access loans in a normal way. With these few remarks, I beg to support."
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