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    "id": 383944,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Adan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand here to oppose this particular Motion simply because of the following reasons. First, the way this Motion is crafted, it will not be a solution to the youth issues in this country. The reason I am saying this is because of other sentiments made by my colleagues. First, we have established so many funds in this country, but as my colleague, Sen. Beatrice, has said, we have never gone back to check why these funds are not helping the youth. So, the most important and critical thing that we need to do in this country before establishing another fund is to find out why we are not getting it right. Over the years, youth issues have been taken as a political tool. Everybody who is coming into power say they are going to establish youth fund to empower youth. But I think as a country right now, we really need to help the youth, and for us to address the issues of youth, we really need to go back to the drawing board and find out why the funds that are created are not helping the youth. That way, we will be able to help the youth in this country. Secondly, Madam Temporary Speaker, is the issue of enacting other legislations. We have enacted so many legislations in this country and most of them are not enforceable. As this Motion is intending to come up with a Bill, I think this is not the right direction to take. Let us, first, evaluate why the YEDF or the Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEDF) are not addressing the issue of youth and women, then from there, we can think of legislating. But the legislations that we have to date have not been addressed and they have not helped address the issues of the youth. Most of them are not enforceable. So, when it comes to the enforceability of those legislations, it becomes difficult. So, it is not good to have a piece of legislation just for the sake of saying that we are going to help the youth. The other point I wanted to raise is that most of the speakers here have talked about the issues of agriculture. I think as a person who comes from the pastoral community, it is important also to look at the youth in pastoral areas. We need to look at the livestock markets and other products that come from those parts of the country and see how we can help the youth in pastoral communities, especially in improving livestock markets and see how youth can benefit from that. Lastly, condemnation of the current Cabinet Secretary for Devolution at this particular time is wrong because she hardly has been in the office for one month. There are people who have spoken here who have served various governments and they have never managed to address the issues of the youth in this country. So, it is wrong for an elected representative of this country to stand here and condemn a particular officer. There are better forums that can be used to address issues. If she is not delivering, yes, we can use due process and due procedures in condemning a particular person. But at this particular time, it is wrong for her to be condemned. 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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