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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chelule",
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        "legal_name": "Liza Chelule",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. In this matter, because we already have an existing YEDF in the structure of our Government, we were only alerting ourselves that why should we have another parallel establishment of Graduates Enterprise Fund? Another thing that I want to talk about is the issue of the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution. The Cabinet Secretary is already employed; she has already been appointed. I would suggest that there is no need for us to actually antagonize that Ministry and that Cabinet Secretary. Instead, we need to work with her as Senators. We need to support her and we need to improve what we think. We need to tell her this is what she is supposed to do and this is where she is supposed to go or to do. Ours is to advise her instead of antagonizing her. She is a Cabinet Secretary who is already appointed, and she is in office. It would be very bad for us, as Senators, to antagonize a Cabinet Secretary who has already been appointed. We need to stand and to be there to also advise and support her, if we are really serious leaders. So, Madam Temporary Speaker, I would request my fellow Senators that instead of antagonizing such an officer and she has already been appointed, I think it is better for us to work with her. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was talking about the young children working along the streets, even until very late at night. This has been happening for many years. It never started in January when the Jubilee Government came into power. They have been there for many years. What we are supposed to do also, as Senators again, is to come up with a modality of how to address the same issue. They never came in the other day. I mean these children have been in the streets and we even had street families. This has been there from a long time ago. So, I think it is also our duty as Senators to come up with a modality or a way on how to address the problem facing these people. Otherwise, Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not see any need for the establishment of this fund because we already have a fund with the same effect. Probably, we can improve on what we have. We already have the YEDF. Kindly, we can improve on that one. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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