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    "id": 365328,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support the Motion and congratulate hon. Zuleikha for bringing this Motion. As I support the Motion, I also want to note that this House has passed many laws that have not been implemented. The style of the Executive many times is to get Parliament to pass laws and then fail to give funding to effect the intentions of Parliament. The intention of this Parliament was to have a National Youth Council where the young people would contribute, participate, elect their own leaders and start to develop into a youth movement of sorts. As I support, I urge that this law is implemented. Otherwise, it will make a joke of the independence of Parliament to continuously pass laws which the Executive does not fund. I also support the funding of this law because in the past, there was the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2003, which was passed by this House, but was not implemented. So, if we have a pattern of passing laws for the marginalized which do not get implemented, then there will be a problem. I also support the marginalized groups as per Article 27 of the Constitution. Many of those groups participate in paying taxes and they, indeed, raise money for this country. So, it is not too much to ask that a Fund like this be formed to support the youth. In the end, as we support the Council, we should look at our Penal Code. We have a country that criminalizes loitering, walking with intent and"
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