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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "The NYC having been established if you remember and I think most hon. Members are aware, elections were held starting from sub-locational level to division level, district level, provincial level and finally national level. All these are structures that are very key for the growth and development of the youth in this country. The youth for a very long time have had no voice of their own; they did not have a formal structure that would have enabled them to meaningfully participate in the development and policy process of this country. I remember way back when I was working within the youth movement, we had an occasion where we managed to visit the Uganda Youth Council, a council that has been very active in the country and we learnt a few best practices on how the UYC worked. That is why we came back and started putting up the NYC Bill. Many of us seated here, I can see Hon. Oyugi, Hon. (Ms.) Wanga, were actively involved at the very inception in ensuring that we had a NYC. Now that it is there and many of us are already here in this House where we can meaningfully push for issues affecting young people, I think it calls upon us to come out and support issues affecting young people and ensuring that the Council becomes not just any other organ that has no power or resources to operate. We should ensure that all those structures that were formed from the sub-locational level become structures that make a difference to the young people of this country."
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