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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to thank hon. Hassan Juma for bringing this Motion. I rise to support it. First and foremost, it is clear that the National Youth Council was established in 2009 and gazetted in 2012, after a spell of three years. After gazettement, the Council complied with all the requirements in order for it to be registered. The process was completed and it met all the provisions of the Act. It beats logic as to why the Treasury should still be holding that money, instead of giving it to the Council for the purpose of establishing a Secretariat, which should be moving round the country with a view of understanding the issues appertaining to the youth. The Ministry of Devolution and Planning has come up with a list showing how the money is going to be distributed to the youth. If you look at that list, you will see that the money is apportioned to various arms and aspects of the youth. However, I do not understand why the money should not be forwarded to the National Youth Council since they are the ones who know the needs of the youth. When they formed the Council, they knew the needs of the youth. I do not know who is going to apportion this money to the various categories of the youth, if it is not the National Youth Council. Therefore, the Secretariat should be supported so that it can establish a framework through which to apportion the money to the youth and ensure that it is used effectively. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have seen instances where the Ministry gave money to certain people, who did not know exactly what to do with it. That is why we ended up coming up with things like Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) programme. Under the KKV, children would be taken to the roadside, where they would just cut some bushes. They would then be told that they had done some work and get paid a few coins. The balance of the programme money would be spent mysteriously without being accounted for. Let us have projects and activities that are sustainable, and which can be quantified socially and economically as having benefited the youth. The only way to do this is for the Treasury to release the money for the operationalisation of the National Youth Council Secretariat, so that the money can be disseminated to the youth in our various communities. I support an idea which was brought here by an hon. Member---"
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