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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move:- THAT, the Speaker do now leave the Chair to facilitate debate on the draft Public Finance Management (Uwezo Fund) Regulations, 2013, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 27th November. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the regulations which have been distributed to the Senators, Members will find, for ease of reference, that there is an explanatory memorandum to the Public Finance Management Fund Regulations by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) at the back. So, we will be making reference to that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the regulations have been debated in the National Assembly. We will debate them here and, probably, tomorrow, vote on it at the Committee Stage. It goes back to the National Assembly again through the usual process that Bills go through. As we all know, the fund stem from the pledges of His Excellency the President to allocate Kshs6 billion, which was meant for the presidential runoff in the elections. Subsequently, Parliament allocated the full amount through the Appropriations Act and the President is the national champion and overall patron of the fund, which was launched on 8th September. Now, for the purposes of the Senators, the objectives of this fund are listed there. They are:- To expand access to credit to promote youth and women businesses and generate gainful self employment and, at the same time--- 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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