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    "id": 416795,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/416795/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lentoimaga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support these timely amendments and thank my brother, our Chairman, for bringing them. I want to, first of all, thank the President for launching fertilizer and seeds yesterday. That will go a long way to empower the youth to get employment. Also, with regard to the Uwezo Fund Regulations that we passed yesterday, we thank the Senate and the National Assembly for the good work they did yesterday. That will go a long way to create jobs for our youth. Even if we want to do this, it is going to be difficult for the youth to acquire tenders, leave alone getting the procurement jobs that we are talking about. Registration of tenders is very bureaucratic. It has very hard issues to handle. Even in the county, when you want to apply for a tender, it is a whole process that is very difficult. That is because the Public Procurement and Disposal Act puts impediments that the youth are not able to overcome. They ask for a business questionnaire and require that a youth or whoever is applying must have a business premise, must have an account with enough money, must have a telephone number and have an established business. I do not think the youth will meet those kinds of requirements. What I am proposing now is that, as we go along to give the youth 30 per cent of Government tenders, we must also look at the process of registration for a person to qualify to get Government tenders. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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