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    "id": 416783,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Munene",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Wambui Munene",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving this opportunity to speak. I just arise to support the Bill by hon. Sakaja. When I am supporting this Bill, I just want to ask how those youths are going to access loans and the tenders. There is a problem because our youths do not have money to open bank accounts. Some youths from poor families complete schools and cannot get even Kshs500 to open bank accounts. How are we going to help them? We want them to access these loans and also to access Government tenders, we need to promote them. The Government should come up with laws to protect youths, so that when they tender for projects they are not asked about experience. It is difficult for them to have experience yet they have just come out of school. Many women in the reserve do not own property; property belongs to men. Therefore, if they are asked to produce securities, they cannot get them. How are we going to help them? We need to put in place a law, so that they are given an opportunity to access these loans and when they get money, they can put it in their bank accounts. Even if they are not going to be given money, if they win tenders, they should not be asked for experience. They should not be asked many questions. We must realize that we want these people to be self-reliant. We should not put a lot of conditions for them. Therefore, I want to thank hon. Sakaja for bringing this Motion here. I rise to support the Bill, but I also want us to think how we are going to help them."
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